Potatoes South Africa Research Symposium 2022

by Phindiwe Nkosi | May 27, 2022 | CHIPS, Industry news, Potatoes SA News

For online registration, click here. For more information, click here. The Research Symposium is a popular platform in the potato industry where technical issues are discussed, formally and informally. Researchers, funded by the potato industry, report back on the...

Potato disease: Turkish provinces quarantined [Industry News, CHIPS]

by Phindiwe Nkosi | May 24, 2022 | CHIPS, Industry news, Media coverage

The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry recently announced that quarantine measures had been implemented in 26 provinces due to potato wart, brown rot, ring rot, and cyst nematode detection in cultivars. As of this year, quarantine measures are being...

Sterk deelname aan Petrus Steyn Aartappel Gholfdag 2022 [Nuus, CHIPS]

by Phindiwe Nkosi | May 22, 2022 | CHIPS, Industry news, Media coverage, News

“Phindiwe Nkosi, wie Aartappels SA (ASA) by die gholfdag verteenwoordig het, het Bosman se stelling beaam dat die dag ’n samebindende uitwerking op die bedryf het. “Dit is baie belangrik dat ASA by plaaslike gemeenskappe betrokke is. Ons ondersteun dié dag al...

Potatoes SA crowns second Enterprise Development Farmer

by Phindiwe Nkosi | May 20, 2022 | CHIPS, Industry news, Media coverage

Aldrin Lawrence, a potato farmer from Buysdorp in Limpopo, has been crowned the second Enterprise Development Farmer of the Year by Potatoes South Africa (PSA), during a gala event held in Pretoria. For the past eight years, the Enterprise Development...

New service warns of possible potato disease [Industry News, CHIPS]

by Phindiwe Nkosi | May 19, 2022 | CHIPS, Industry news, Media coverage

Syngenta recently added a service for potato producers which warns growers of conditions conducive to disease development. The diseases included are early and late blight on potatoes. The service combines data from weather forecasts and disease risk models to create...

Potatoes SA Transformation Symposium 2022 [News, CHIPS]

by Phindiwe Nkosi | May 19, 2022 | CHIPS, Industry news, Media coverage

“The aim of the transformation symposium is to create a platform, firstly for emerging black potato producers and community project leaders to meet, discuss challenges, find solutions, andplan for the road ahead. “Secondly, it is for role-players within...