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The potato research agenda of the FAREI gives priority to breeding programmes which are supplemented with introduction and evaluation of elite germplasm for selection of varieties potentially adapted to local conditions.

World Food Day 2021 Every year, the 16th of October marks the celebration of the World Food Day, which is the commemorative date of the creation of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in 1945. The mission statement of the FAO was to alleviate famine and hunger after the World War II, which

Launching of Mapou Agro Processing unit The demand for processed food products shows an increasing trend over the recent past years. Imports of such processed products shows a similar increase while local production of processed products is still below current demand. This implies that there is an opportunity to venture in the processing of food

The onion research agenda at the FAREI comprises two main research programmes, the introduction and evaluation of elite germplasm and breeding. Important traits in the selection process include high yield, tolerance to diseases, good storability and appealing bulb qualities.

The potato research agenda of the FAREI gives priority to breeding programmes which are supplemented with introduction and evaluation of elite germplasm for selection of varieties potentially adapted to local conditions.

Vigora is a potato variety developed locally from a breeding programme led jointly by the Food & Agricultural Research & Extension Institute (FAREI) and the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute (MSIRI).

Potato season 2020 started amid total lockdown and was undoubtedly set off for a rather gloomy prospect. Thanks to resilience of the planters who, in spite of strict restrictions on movement imposed by the sanitary curfew, they nonetheless stood up the challenges.