Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Las Américas

Supply issues around the globe should help U.S. fresh potato exports remain strong and create opportunities for the industry.

Potato agronomist Jeff Stark was one of three plant breeders who were honored with Innovation Awards from the University of Idaho Technology Transfer Office.

The head of the Washington State Potato Commission ended a self-imposed diet of potatoes-only that he said allowed him to shed more than 20 pounds in two months.

Following six years of unprecedented growth of Idaho® potatoes into international markets, the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) has hired Amanda Albers as its first International Marketing Manager

The Potato Man proudly lined up a bunch of them on a counter in his family's kitchen: a really nice assortment of russets that, in the next days, would end up in his belly.

In their series of interviews with key people in the US potato industry, Spudman interviewed Frank Muir.

Audiolibro producido por la Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Corpoica). Autores: José Dilmer Moreno y María del Socorro Cerón.

Productores se beneficiarán con mayor valor agregado. El Gobierno Regional Puno, mediante la Dirección Regional de Agricultura y el Proyecto Cultivos Andinos, entregará 19 módulos demostrativos para darle mayor valor agregado en el procesamiento de cul...

Greg Donald, general manager of the Prince Edward Island potato board, is looking back on a good year:

Potato Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon used 6.99 million cwt of raw potatoes during October, down 1 percent from October 2009, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

The preliminary production estimate for the 2010 Canadian potato crop is 97,279,000 hundredweights (4 412 575 tonnes).

In consultation with the New Brunswick Potato Industry, the New Brunswick Regulation 82-70 of the Potato Disease Eradication Act has been amended to include Mandatory Post-Harvest Laboratory Testing for Potato Virus Y (PVY)

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has established a Potato Sector Biosecurity Advisory Group (PSBAG), which will guide the development of a voluntary National Farm-Level Biosecurity Standard for the Potato Sector.

On independent restaurant menus, potatoes of all kinds account for 44% of all carbs, according to MenuMine.

Idaho’s potato production is expected to total 114 million cwt, down 14 percent from last year’s 133 million cwt and 2 percent below the 2008 crop.

Carlos Sierra, ingeniero agrónomo M. Sc., investigador de INIA Intihuasi y experto en fertilidad y nutrición de plantas afirmó en INIA Remehue, Centro Nacional de la Papa, que “en los últimos años, gracias al trabajo que se ha desarrollado en el marco ...

'Focus on Potato' has published a new webcast: on 'Corky Ringspot Disease in Potato'

En presencia de las principales autoridades del departamento de Puno, se realizó el lanzamiento de la nueva variedad de papa denominada INIA 317 – ALTIPLANO, la cual cuenta con características que la hacen un producto de excelente calidad y cualidad pa...