Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Las Américas

Several experts on potato crops stated in Panama that global warming destroyed between 10% and 20% of Latin America's annual potato production and that it had become the main threat faced by this crop, even more than late blight, an aggressive fungus that affects this crop.

Una planta para producir "tabaquina", sustancia elaborada a partir de la picadura o polvo de rapé del tabaco, se inauguró en Cuba para sustituir la aplicación de productos químicos en los campos y neutralizar la acción de plagas como los pulgones, la mosca blanca, ácaros y pequeñas larvas de otros lepidópteros.

When reviewing the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) website analytics for the past year (August 2015-August 2016), IPC staff wasn’t surprised to find that Dr. Potato (alias Don Odiorne, Vice President-Foodservice) had garnered 959,328 page views, nearly 50% of all www.idahopotato.com views.

During the Potatoes USA Summer Meeting held in Seattle August 10, it was announced that the Alliance for Potato Research and Education (APRE) has been restructured in an effort to minimize overhead costs and expand research on potato nutrition.

Heartland Farms, Inc. announced today that Danielle Golden has joined the farm to further develop their growing portfolio of regional and national accounts.

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.

Volm Companies held a groundbreaking ceremony on August 10 for their new manufacturing and distribution facility in Pasco, Washington.

Jamaica’s capacity to produce clean Irish potato seedlings has been enhanced with a $19-million allocation from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).

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.

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'.

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.

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.

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.

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%.

Potato psyllids have been reported in specific fields in western and central North Dakota. At this point populations are not widespread.

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.

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).

La falta de semillas, agroinsumos, fertilizantes, herbicidas, equipos y repuestos son la razón por la cual las hectáreas de siembra han venido disminuyendo, por lo que al cierre de 2016 se habrá sembrado entre 60 % y 65 % del total de hectáreas de papa y hortalizas.