Northern Cape
Table potato production
- Irrigation / dry-land:
- All plantings are under irrigation.
- Potatoes are mainly planted in the areas near the Vaal River such as Barkley West and Douglas and near the Orange River in Hope Town, Prieska and Douglas. (The confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers is about 10 km outside Douglas.)
- Table and seed potatoes:
- 68% of the main crop are planted for the production of seed potatoes.
- Planting time:
- There are two table potato plantings, an early table potato crop, planted mainly in August and a main table crop planted from November to January.
- The seed potato crop is planted in January and early February.
- Marketing period:
- Table potatoes: The early crop is marketed from December to January and the main crop from April to October.
- The seed potato crop, of which up to 60% and more are table potatoes, is marketed from June to October.
- Processing:
- Nearly 8% of the table crop is processed.
- Cultivars:
- The main cultivars are Up-to-Date, Darius and Mondial.
- The main seed potato cultivars are Darius, Up-to-Date, and BP1.
Noord-Kaap
- 29 produsente
- 1679 ha aangeplant
Production statistics / produksie statistieke
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