Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Las Américas

Cambio climático destruye 20% del cultivo anual de papa en Latinoamérica
Agosto 22, 2016
Cambio climático destruye 20% del cultivo anual de papa en Latinoamérica
El calentamiento global destruye entre el 10 % y el 20 % de la producción anual de papa en América Latina y se ha convertido en la principal amenaza que enfrenta este cultivo, por encima incluso de un agresivo hongo conocido como tizón tardío, coincidieron hoy varios expertos en Panamá.
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Volm Companies held a groundbreaking ceremony on August 10 for their new manufacturing and distribution facility in Pasco, Washington.
Agosto 22, 2016
Volm Companies - a solutions provider for potato packaging - break ground for a new manufacturing and distribution facility
Volm Companies held a groundbreaking ceremony on August 10 for their new manufacturing and distribution facility in Pasco, Washington.
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Managing Director at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (at podium), delivers the keynote address at the launch of a $19-million programme to boost Jamaica’s capacity to produce clean Irish potato seedlings, on August 15 at the Scie
Agosto 21, 2016
Jamaica's capacity to produce virus-free seed potatoes gets boost
Jamaica’s capacity to produce clean Irish potato seedlings has been enhanced with a $19-million allocation from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).
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Guatemala: Con ayuda de USAID se construyó una planta para procesar papa
Agosto 20, 2016
Guatemala: Con ayuda de USAID se construyó una planta para procesar papa
Durante el acto de inauguración, Gregory Howell, director de la Oficina de Crecimiento Económico de la Agencia para el Desarrollo de Estados Unidos (Usaid), dijo que con la planta se espera superar las ventas anuales en por lo menos US$1.6 millones, unos Q12 millones.
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Potato Field on Prince Edward Island near the coast.
Agosto 20, 2016
Prince Edward Island Potato Industry to improve marketable yield, profitability and sustainability in 'Enhanced Agronomy Initiative'
The Prince Edward Island Potato Board, Cavendish Farms, and the PEI Department of Agriculture and Fisheries have announced the creation of the 'Enhanced Agronomy Initiative'.
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Potato Field in Argentina
Agosto 18, 2016
Argentina offers prospects for seed potato exporters
The political revolution in Argentina gives the economy a boost. The Dutch agricultural sector could definitely profit from it. Willem Aalders of Latam Produce states this on the eve of the Dutch trade mission to Argentina.
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Justin Clements, a fifth year doctoral student in the Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center working in the Department of Entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the recipient of the 2016-2017 National Potato Council Academic Scholars
Agosto 17, 2016
National Potato Council Awards Academic Scholarship for Potato Research to Justin Clements
Justin Clements, a fifth year doctoral student in the Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center working in the Department of Entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the recipient of the 2016-2017 NPC Academic Scholarship.
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Parkland Potato Varieties will be hosting its first annual open day at the Crop Diversification Centre South in Brooks, Alberta on August 26 from 10 am to 2 pm.
Agosto 17, 2016
Parkland hosts first ever Potato Varieties Field Day
Parkland Potato Varieties will be hosting its first annual open day at the Crop Diversification Centre South in Brooks, Alberta on August 26 from 10 am to 2 pm.
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Riego tecnificado triplica producción de papa en Bolivia
Agosto 14, 2016
Riego tecnificado triplica producción de papa en Bolivia
AgroNáyade, representante en Bolivia de la firma israelí NaanDanJain, llevó a cabo el “Día del riego tecnificado en cultivo de papa”, con una muestra a productores, autoridades y empresas agropecuarias de los valles. Más de 150 personas comprobaron los resultados de nuevas técnicas que le permiten a los cultivos incrementar su rendimiento hasta un 300%.
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Adult Potato Psyllid (Bactericera (paratrioza) cockerelli) (Courtesy: Gary McDonald)
Agosto 11, 2016
Potato Psyllid Alert for North Dakota
Potato psyllids have been reported in specific fields in western and central North Dakota. At this point populations are not widespread.
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One of the recently added organic potato brands of RPE is Oddball Organics, for slightly imperfect organic potatoes.
Agosto 11, 2016
RPE's Organic Potato Program continues to expand
Organic produce is in record-high demand, selling more than $11 billion worth in 2015 alone. To meet the demand, RPE, Inc., has been continually expanding its organic program.
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[Triptico] Guía técnica para el cultivo de la papa en Paraguay
Agosto 10, 2016
[Triptico] Guía técnica para el cultivo de la papa en Paraguay
El Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), a través de su Dirección de Extensión Agraria (DEAg) pone a disposición de los interesados un material técnico que contiene una guía práctica para el cultivo de papa (Solanum tuberosum).
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Agosto 02, 2016
University of Idaho to partner with the International Potato Center (CIP) in Peru
The University of Idaho is negotiating a partnership with the International Potato Center in Lima, Peru, involving the sharing of scientific expertise and providing UI’s potato program better access to a vast gene bank.
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Agosto 01, 2016
Harvest, psyllids & new varieties the hot topics at Texas potato field day
Participants at the 25th annual Texas Potato Breeding and Variety Development Program field day learned that the harvest is underway, that psyllids are threatening unharvested fields and that new varieties are showing lots of promise.
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México: Investigan control biológico de plagas mediante compuestos orgánicos volátiles emitidos por plantas
Julio 29, 2016
México: Investigan control biológico de plagas mediante compuestos orgánicos volátiles emitidos por plantas
El proyecto consiste en una investigación sobre la fisiología de la planta, involucrando tres niveles tróficos durante la interacción planta-insecto/plaga-depredador.
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Changes in Planted Potato Acreage (Acres) in Canada by Province for 2016.
Data Source: Statistics Canada, Table 001-0014 - Area, production and farm value of potatoes, annual. Data retrieved July 27, 2016.
Julio 27, 2016
Potato Acreage Canada down 1.8 percent
Statistics Canada reported that potato farmers in Canada planted 342,602 acres (138 647 hectares) of potatoes in 2016. This is down 1.8% from 2015, continuing the overall downward trend of the past 12 years.
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