Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas

Een bakje patat zal dit jaar „een paar dubbeltjes duurder” worden, zegt aardappelinkoper Anthon Meissner van fritesproducent Aviko in Steenderen. Ook zullen de frieten een stukje korter worden, zegt hij. Beide zijn het gevolg van een slechte aardappelo...

Op steeds meer aardappelpercelen wordt doorwas geconstateerd.Dit is het gevolg van de lange hete, droge periode, gevolgd door de regen. "Je hoeft de auto niet uit om doorwas te vinden", zegt DLV Plant-adviseur Roelof Naber. De doorwasproblema...

The P.E.I. Potato Board is wooing an old friend in an effort to create new business opportunities for Island farmers.The board is hosting a delegation of industry leaders from Algeria.The Algerian delegation is in the province now. They are planning to...

South African consumers might have to pay more for potatoes due to recent frost damage as the harvest season gets under way next month.The industry lost 25 000 tons of potatoes during the mid-June cold snap.But Potatoes South Africa said the upward adj...

William Chase, owner of the only premium potato-based vodka distillery in Britain, plans to take on much larger, mass-produced luxury brands in the U.S. market, Chase told Reuters.Unlike all large-scale vodka producers, Chase Distillery grows, mashes a...

Hasta hace poco, en materia de comercio exterior, las preocupaciones estaban centradas en el intercambio de mercancías tradicionales que en nuestra zona están muy bien representadas por nuestra leche, quesos y carne. Sin embargo, poco a poco se ha id...

A new potato processing variety has yielded well in trials in a difficult growing season.The new variety from Potato Innovations (PI), known only as YP0243, has yielded nearly 35t/ha of marketable ware in the trials.YP0243 is due to receive registratio...

Dankzij het aanhoudend zomerse weer zijn er maar een paar infectiekansen voor Phytophthora geweest. Tot half juli kon het aantal Phytophthora-bespuitingen dan ook beperkt blijven en de dosering kon vaak verlaagd worden zonder nadelige gevolgen. Hiermee...

The potato harvest in Iceland has exceeded expectations;farmers say it has never been better. Potatoes were harvested unusually early this year;the first potatoes of the season hit the stores on July 1, one week earlier than usual.   However, there is ...

The United States Potato Board (USPB) Team Seed conducted a market visit to farms and growing regions in Sri Lanka during May 2010. Sri Lankan producers growing US varieties are unanimous in their approval of cultivars and selections sourced from the U...

Het Vlaams Centrum voor Agro- en Visserijmarketing (VLAM) mag rekenen op 2,74 miljoen euro Europese subsidies voor drie nieuwe promotiecampagnes. De vleessectoren bundelen vanaf half oktober hun krachten om de verschillende kwaliteitslabels te promoten...

Este 22 de Julio 2010 se realizó en Lima el lanzamiento del Consorcio de Productores de Papa nativa – CONDEPAPA de Kishuara (departamento Apurímac). Será la primera vez en el Perú que asociaciones de pequeños productores de papa entreguen en consorcio ...

In Finland, this year's best potato harvest is expected to be seen in northern parts of the country. Summer weather in the north has provided suitable temperatures and rain, while a dry summer on the south has slowed growth.Production Chief Jukka Pekka...

McDonald's Corp. (MCD) Chief Executive Jim Skinner has rebuffed a call by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) to end the distribution of Happy Meal toys. CPSI has alleged that the giveaway promotions contribute to childhood obesity by ...

Manon van Lent invita desde Holanda a participar en el curso sobre "Tecnología de semilla de papa, certificación y sistemas de suministro"que se realizará entre el 30 de mayo – 24 de junio de 2011 en la Universidad de Wageningen. Los organiza...

Asda (United Kingdom)has withdrawn some of its own-brand Salt &Vinegar, Variety and Boxed Crisps, because the salt and vinegar flavouring used in the crisps contains trace amounts of wheat gluten. This means the products, which are available in var...

What will potato harvest 2010 bring? A brief look at the situation in North-West Europe and North America.

Issues surrounding potato storage such as efficiency will be one of the many topics on the agenda at the Storage Event to be held at Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research in Lincolnshire on 2 September.Professor Gareth Edwards-Jones from Bangor Universit...