/ 16 November 2024

No small potatoes: Up-to-Dates could expire in the future

Workers Preparing Potatoes; Cape Town
South Africa grows over 100 varieties of potatoes. (Photo by: Remsberg Inc/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Mondials remain the most popular and profitable variety of potato in South Africa but Up-to-Dates are slowly losing favour with farmers

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