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Potatoes grown from Dutch seeds may save Africa from hunger

on March 14, 2017

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Potatoes grown from Dutch seeds yield two to four times bigger harvests for small-scale, poor farmers in East Africa than potatoes grown using local seed potatoes. These findings are the result of initial tests using experimental varieties grown from potato seeds by Wageningen-based agro-tech company Solynta in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Â As such, potatoes grown from seeds may prove to[Read More...]

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