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Tanzania to collaborate with the Netherlands to improve potato production

Fresh Common Potato
Netherlands
Tanzania
Published Sep 8, 2022

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In Tanzania, The Netherlands has been an important stakeholder in promoting and developing the production and use of the potato crop

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The Ambassador of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Tanzania, Wiebe de Boer, want increased attention for the importance of the crop. He says in Tanzania, potato crops are predominantly smallholders in a low input-output farming system. As a crop, the potato has the potential to make a significant contribution to food and nutrition security because it is a nutrient-dense food and can be well suited to the local farming systems. With the availability of improved Dutch potato seed varieties, farmers have an opportunity to increase efficiency in farming which will trigger more investments and trade within and ...
Source: Argenpapa
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