Potato value addition is emerging as a key strategy for boosting farmers’ incomes and creating new markets for one of Kenya’s most important food crops. Beyond selling fresh potatoes, farmers and processors are increasingly being encouraged to turn the crop into products such as chips, crisps, flour and other processed foods, helping to reduce post-harvest…
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