Latest potato news from Kenya
Certified seed potatoes
Grown in Nakuru Kenya
Used all over Eastern Africa
Kenyan chips in KFC restaurants
Kenyan consumers are now enjoying Kenyan produced chips in the KFC restaurants. Yesterday Simplifine has started its chips production from Markies potatoes grown in Kenya. From today onwards Simplifine will supply KFC’s restaurants all over Kenya with its Kenyan produced French Fries.
Agrico PSA first farm with fully compliant potato traceability
PSA is the first farm in Kenya where the entire history of all of its produced potatoes is fully traceable now.
50,000 Kenyan potato farmers are partnering with Agrico PSA
Agrico PSA is proud to communicate another impressive milestone reached: now over 50,000 Kenyan potato farmers are digitally partnering via our Facebook page! PSA’s Facebook page has evolved into a platform where potato knowledge is shared between Kenyan farmers, connections between farmers and off-takers are supported and value chain developments are shared.
Potato farmers now sell directly to processors
There has been a challenge of accessing certified potato seeds over the years, and we came in in 2015 to bridge the gap and introduce different varieties as per market demands to the farmers.
Access to finance for potato farmers
Providing potato farmers access to affordable (micro) finance is an important element for further upscaling Kenya’s potato value chain.
Potato storability: Agrico potato varieties make a big difference
Potato storage plays a key role in food security. What many people do not know is that choosing the right potato variety has a major impact on storability, as was explained by the CEO of National Potato Council of Kenya, Mr. Kanguongo.
Access to potato markets
Providing farmers access to potato markets is one of the key foundations for any sustainable potato value chain. A nice example how this works in Kenya is illustrated by Simplifine, a new Kenyan processor.