South African potato farmers don’t have to spend exorbitant amounts of money on agrichemicals to enhance the growth, development, yield and post-harvest quality of their crops.

According to Siphokuhle Mbuyisa’s research that bagged him cum laude status at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, farmers can instead make use of extracts of other plants that are significantly less harmless to the environment and would produce a higher grade of potato.

Guest: Siphokuhle Mbuyisa – Master’s Graduate in Horticultural Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal