Noticias sobre el Cultivo de Papas

Drought and hot conditions since September 2015 have a negative impact on yields in almost all the potato production regions in South Africa. Currently market prices are at the highest levels ever, while potato stock levels are at record low levels.

The owner of Germicopa, Florimond Desprez has acquired 49% of the shares in Danespo from DLG, thus entering into an equal partnership with DLF who owns another 49% of the shares. The remaining 2% are owned by growers and employees.

The price of potatoes in Jordan is expected to increase as a significant acreage of the field crop was damaged when temperatures dipped below zero last week.

The impact of drought and water quality on Australian potatoes could be significantly reduced by a new research project from Potatoes South Australia and Landmark Australia.

Syngenta today announced that ChemChina has offered to acquire the company at US$ 465 per ordinary share plus a special dividend of CHF 5 to be paid conditional upon and prior to closing.

EUROPLANT Pflanzenzucht GmbH,presents its wide variety of seed potatoes - including the Venezia, Madeira and Georgina varieties - at Fruit Logistica 2016

Agrico and its subsidiaries will launch the new ‘Say Growth’ campaign at Fruit Logistica in Berlin.

Idaho State University researchers have found high-tech cameras mounted on drones flying 60 meters above potato fields can effectively detect individual diseased and stressed plants.

Branston (Potatoes) Ltd, based near Lincoln in the United Kingdom, has submitted a planning application with North Kesteven District Council for an expansion which would create 19 new jobs.

The drought on the Canary Islands will especially hurt the potato sub-sector, according to government sources.

Los científicos sostienen que la producción indiscriminada de cultivos (como la papa) están deteriorando las cuencas hídricas que nacen en los páramos. Sin embargo, si estos son conservados y protegidos para garantizar que el recurso siga llegando a las ciudades, ¿qué pasará con los pobladores para quienes el páramo más que un ecosistema es su hogar?

As farmers in Pakistan are getting ready for the harvest, false rumors are spread that the Pakistani government has imposed duty on the export of potatoes.

La agencia espacial estadounidense, NASA, junto con el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), con sede en Perú, están haciendo experimentos para probar qué tal se darían los tubérculos peruanos en suelo marciano.

Potato Cooperative Agrico held its central members’ meeting last week. At this meeting the 2014/2015 annual report was discussed.

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is pleased to announce a new plan for potato disinfection on Prince Edward Island.

With reports again highlighting a concerning lack of knowledge amongst young adults and the origin of the food they eat, educating the next generation remains an important focus

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica is to conduct research trials on 15 new varieties of imported Irish potato over the next three months, to determine their suitability for local conditions.

In October JetBlue Airways, New York's Hometown Airline™ and TERRA® Real Vegetable Chips, part of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., revealed the T5 Farm -- a blue potato farm and produce garden at Terminal 5 (T5) at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.