A surplus is pitting EU growers against each other
The Polish government is urging consumers to buy local as falling potato prices and rising imports, mostly from Germany, fuel farmer anger.
Potato overproduction has weighed on EU markets for months, driving down prices for a once-profitable crop. Poland, where the tuber is a staple food like elsewhere, has been no exception.
A spokesperson for the agriculture ministry told Euractiv that average wholesale prices were down 43% year-on-year this month, prompting the government to step in with a nationalistic marketing push.
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