Irish seed potatoes for 10,000 small growers in Ukraine

Published 2023년 4월 12일

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Ireland's Agriculture Minister, Charlie McConalogue, has announced a contribution of €450,000 to a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) project to support potato farming in Ukraine. The project aims to transport 500 tons of certified seed potatoes to the country, which will be distributed to 10,000 small growers in rural areas. Grown in the Netherlands and France by an Irish company, IPM Potato, these seed potatoes are specially bred for Ukraine's agro-ecological conditions and have the potential to supply 7,000 tons of ware potatoes, meeting the annual consumption needs of 45,000-50,000 people. This initiative is part of Ireland's efforts to rebuild Ukraine's horticultural capacity and support rural families affected by the war.

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Charlie McConalogue, Ireland's Agriculture Minister, announced this week that his ministry will contribute €450,000 to a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) project to support potato farming in Ukraine. The project includes the transport of 500 tons of certified seed potatoes to Ukraine. FAO Ukraine will distribute these seed potatoes (50 kg per grower) to 10,000 very vulnerable small growers in rural areas on the frontline. In announcing the funding support, Minister McConalogue said: "Ireland and Ukraine have many similarities, in particular the enormous importance that horticulture has both economically and socially. support growers in the potato sector, in addition to the support to small-scale poultry farmers in Ukraine that the government and my ministry funded last year." The seed potatoes were grown in the Netherlands and France by growers from the Irish company IPM Potato. Noting that the seed potato varieties have been specially bred for the ...

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