POTATOES AFRICA

Contributor

Pieter van Wyk

Southern Africa correspondent

Reports on markets, price discovery and the commercial potato sector in Southern Africa.

South African growers are wiring their fields with weather stations to fight frost, blight and waste

Editorial quote card featuring Selibe Mochoboroane, Lesotho's Minister of Agriculture, on quality seed and potato competitiveness.

Lesotho moves to cut potato imports, but quality seed remains the constraint

Crates of ware potatoes at a South African fresh produce market

Trade & markets

A bumper crop turns sour: South Africa's potato price slump runs into 2026

Community seed-potato multiplication plot in highland Malawi

Malawi rebuilds its potato seed system one village at a time