The Ministry of Agriculture’s Division of Agriculture is pleased to announce that the sale of white potato seeds has commenced. Farmers who have registered are reminded that the price per bag is seventy ($70.00) and the varieties imported this year are Spunta and El Mundo, which are both farm-to-table potatoes, meaning no curing/drying is required after harvest as compared to the Desiree variety.
It is hoped farmers who have committed and registered for the purchase of seeds do so quickly, to enable local potatoes to be available on the domestic market by the first quarter of 2022.
Payment is accepted only at the Division of Agriculture’s Main Office between the hours of 8.00 am and 3.00 pm daily, with the collection point being the DAPEX compound in Fond Cole between 8.30 am and 2.00 pm.