date:Apr 25, 2017
es, reported Fresher.
The prices paid to potato producers this year reach 60 cents per kilo, which is an increase of 50%, since last year the price peaked at 40 cents per kilo and then went on a downward spiral. The open ground potato harvest kicked off on Monday and we have so far received 250-300 tonnes and we have already exported 50% to Poland and some small quantities to the Czech Republic, said Georgios Goumas, general manager of Agrexpo, which has its headquarters in Kalamata and exports