Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas

De ca. 11.000 bezoekers op de internationale aardappelvakbeurs PotatoEurope 2009 kregen op stand A320 een impressie van de wereld van Agrico. Op beeldende wijze werd neergezet wat de aardappelcoöperatie van zaailing tot in het schap voor telers en afne...

Reducing Americans' average intake of sodium to the amount recommended by health officials could save the nation as much as $18 billion annually in avoided health care costs and improve the quality of life for millions of people, according to a new R...

Van Rijn-KWS maakte door middel van een persconferentie tijdens Potato Europe in Emmeloord bekend per direct de krachten te gaan bundelen met het Dutse bedrijf Saatzucht Fritz Lange KG bij de verkoop in de Oost-Europese landen Oekraïne, Bulgarije en Ro...

Canadian shoppers have been paying more at supermarket cash registers, but a price war could be on the horizon if the loonie continues to trek higher and consumers react to the weak economy, some industry watchers suggest. Supermarket chains across the...

With prevailing prices of potato ruling at Rs 18-20 kg, the potato seed companies are expecting the acreage to increase by 5-6% from 16 lakh hectares in 2008-09. Experts say this could double potato seed prices during the rabi season. "For the pas...

Scientists at the Scottish Crop research Institute (SCRI) have helped unlock the mystery behind potato blight - a disease that costs the global industry an estimated £4billion of losses every year. The same disease devastated crops in Ireland 150 year...

Myth or fact? It is possible to create affordable and nutritious meals from scratch in under thirty minutes without ever turning on the oven. Fact! With the United States Potato Board's (USPB) new "Quick and Healthy"recipe series, potato sal...

All eyes are on Lionel Poitras and G. Melvin Barclay at the sixth annual Potato World Hall of Recognition Awards. More than 100 people joined in congratulating the potato innovators at Potato World in Florenceville-Bristol on Thursday evening. "T...

New Brunswick farmers have raked in one of the highest revenue increases in the country this year over last, thanks to the potato industry, newly released figures state. Higher prices for potatoes boosted farm cash receipt totals for New Brunswick in ...

The PotatoEurope 2009 Innovation Award was handed out this evening to the company Restrain Company Ltd for its Restrain Generator.

The world may one day owe a debt of gratitude to a group of potato farmers high up in the mountains of Peru.Thanks to a new $116 million global fund established this summer, the Quechua Indians are being paid to maintain their diverse collection of rar...

In Fife, Scotland, a farm worker died after falling into a potato harvester in Fife. The arms and legs of the 34 year old man became entangled in the machinery on Foodie Farm near Cupar on Sunday morning.He was taken by helicopter to hospital but later...

Lucana, La Paceñita, El Pibe o Batman son algunas de las marcas de papas fritas, elaboradas de manera casi industrial por unas 25 pequeñas empresas familiares que decidieron optar por la formalidad. Ofrecen productos de calidad, pueden dar factura, acc...

The full effect of tomato and potato psyllids, a plant disease that damages potato and tomato plants is beginning to be understood and the news is not good.Potato growers around Hawke’s Bay abandoned hectares of failed crops this year, not bothering t...

As part of a research project into methods to reinforce anti-parasite biological agents in growth media, the horticulture department of the Dutch University of Wageningen has made a promising discovery. When the growing medium is covered with waste fro...

Potatoes are once again a hot topic of contention between Egypt and the European Union. A couple of weeks ago, following the discovery of some cases of brown rot, the EU decided to impose a ban on Egyptian potato exports. An Egyptian-EU agreement stipu...

The majority of US consumers are unaware of acrylamide even as major North American governments are taking action to deal with the suspected carcinogen, according to new consumer research. Acrylamide is a chemical produced during high temperature cooki...

Nog een week te gaan en dan gaat PotatoEurope 2009 in Emmeloord van start. PotatoEurope is ’s werelds grootste internationale aardappelevenement. Het evenement bestaat uit drie componenten: een internationale vakbeurs, velddemonstraties en een internat...