Brazil: Floods in Rio Grande do Sul affect potato production in key regions, Cepea alerts

In the agricultural scenario of Rio Grande do Sul, recent floods have caused significant impacts, especially in regions vital for the national potato supply. Cepea experts highlight that the situation is particularly serious in Ibiraiaras, a location that traditionally begins harvesting the dry season between the end of April and the beginning of May. The excessive volume of rain has triggered the rotting of a considerable portion of potatoes in the fields, leading producers to predict a significant drop in productivity. The exact extent of the damage will only be discerned with the effective start of fieldwork, emphasize the Cepea researchers. On the other hand, in Bom Jesus, the harvest of the water crop is almost complete, ...