About 35,000 hectares of Irish potatoes are grown annually in Kenya. Potato farming has high potential that remains unexploited. The venture has however suffered in recent years mainly due to ...

Nyandarua County is home of Irish potatoes and so it makes perfect sense when there is some revolution, it starts here. This week, farmers sampled the power of mechanisation. Growers of the tubers ...

The Irish practiced a method of farming called “lazy beds” — fertilized banks of ridge and furrow with drainage channels that allow crops to be grown in poor quality soil. This technique made potato ...

Irish potato production increased by an average of 10.1 per cent in 2025 compared with 2024, driven by expanded cultivation, improved farm practices and strong output from major producing districts, ...

23 Aug 2025 (Daily Trust) Unlike in recent past years, Irish potatoes in Plateau State's potato farming communities yielded large tubers and in abundance this year. Potato farmers in the state are ...