Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Las Américas

Una amplia variedad de papas nativas y de colores se cultiva en el Parque Chaquén de la Subred Integrada de Servicios de Salud Sur, y en varias de las veredas de la localidad de Sumapaz.

Potatoes USA, the marketing and promotion board for the potato industry in the United States, elected new leadership during its Annual Meeting on March 9, 2022. The newly elected Chairman and Executive Committee will lead the Board through 2022-2023.

En este evento se presentarán las características de las papas que serán liberadas oficialmente como nuevas variedades en la segunda mitad del 2022, de acuerdo con la normatividad peruana vigente.

Potato company Black Gold Farms appoints Mark Knight as Chief Operating Officer to its executive team

United Potato Growers of Canada has hired a new General Manager, Victoria Stamper, of Mascouche, Quebec, a community just north of Montreal. Victoria will join United in this senior role, effective Monday, April 25th.

El Instituto Nacional de Calidad (Inacal) estableció los lineamientos para la aplicación de Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas (BPA) en el cultivo de la papa nativa a través de la Norma Técnica Peruana.

Técnicos del Servicio Nacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) y de la Dirección de Ciencia y Tecnología (DICTA), de la Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (SAG), realizaron visita de campo e inspección en plantaciones de papa.

La Conveagro advierte que no habrá la cantidad necesaria de cultivos de arroz, papa, maíz hortalizas, verduras y legumbres por falta de fertilizantes.

Downey’s Potato Chips has been in business for 37 years. The company was started by the Downey family in Waterford, Michigan. From its humble beginnings selling freshly fried kettle chips made in small batches from its storefront.

Personal del INTA y de la Dirección de Agricultura de General Alvear visitaron la finca de Ariel Moreno, ubicada en calle 19 y O, dado que comenzó con las labores propias de cosecha, correspondientes al programa piloto de cultivo de papa en zona Cuyo.

The National Potato Council released the following statement in response to a joint announcement by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Mexico Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development Víctor Villalobos 

Following last week’s USDA announcement that potatoes from Prince Edward Island will soon be able to resume exporting into the U.S. after a multi-month ban on exports, in turn, that should positively impact the Ontario potato market.

SNAC International President and CEO, Elizabeth Avery, recently announced the election of new Board officers and directors.

Following the untimely passing of Dr. Barbara Wells on 16 February last, the Board of Trustees of the International Potato Center (CIP) has appointed Dr. Oscar Ortiz as Director-General ad interim.

Around the world, a countless number of farmers make use of flood or trench, irrigation to bring water to their crops, which floods the field at regular intervals, losing up to 70 percent of the water used.

The P.E.I. Potato Board said it is 'no surprise' that there has been a third detection of potato wart, this one found in soil samples taken in October 2021.

The United States Department of Agriculture appointed 33 new or returning members to serve three-year terms on the National Potato Promotion Board, Dba Potatoes USA. The new members will be sworn in at the organization’s Annual Meeting in March.

The National Potato Council’s (NPC) 2022 Washington Summit, Jared Balcom of Pasco, Washington, was elected to serve as NPC’s 2022 President and head the grower-led organization’s Executive Committee.