POTATOES AFRICA

Region

West Africa

Coverage across West Africa

Reporting on the potato value chain across Nigeria. Country hubs open as coverage in each market deepens.

Sacks of freshly harvested potatoes for sale at a Nigerian market.

Trade & markets

Production costs and tight supply push Nigeria's potato prices higher

Seed potatoes sorted into trays for grading

The Seed Reckoning: Africa's potato seed gap, by the numbers

Researcher inspecting potato plants in a disease-screening trial

Climate & disease

The 30-year hunt for a blight-proof potato reaches Africa's fields

Smallholder potato plots on the Jos Plateau in Nigeria

Plateau State wants to triple potato yields. Seed is the test.

Frozen french fries moving along a processing line

The fry frontier: why global processors are circling African potatoes