Noticias sobre La Energía y El Medio Ambiente de Las Américas

According to the Canadian Healthy Eating Consumer Trend Report, consumers place an increasingly high priority on health, and more are seeking healthy options away-from-home, but their behaviour and attitudes towards healthy eating are evolving.

Resumen de la ponencia que sobre el tema se presentó en el último congreso de la ALAP celebrado en septiembre del 2014 en Bogotá.

Alarmed by rapid deforestation in an ecologically sensitive swath of central Minnesota, state regulators have ordered a broad environmental review that will temporarily halt conversion of the region’s jackpine stands to potato fields.

Brendon and Sheldon Rockey of Rockey Farms in Center, Colorado, were named the recipients of the prestigious 2014 Environmental Stewardship Award presented at the National Potato Council’s 2015 Annual Meeting.

Cinco comunidades andinas usan conocimientos ancestrales y científicos para proteger más de 1.300 variedades de papa de las plagas y el cambio climático,

Snack Food Association CEO Tom Dempsey today urged Congress to approve legislation creating a federal standard for labeling food produced with genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

La mayoría de la papa y la cebolla del país se produce allí; por eso la presión sobre estos ecosistemas, que son reservorios de agua, aumenta con los días.

Barrel O'Fun, which produces potato chips and other snack foods has agreed to pay a $45,000 penalty for not effectively pre-treating wastewater from its production plant before sending it to the now improved city treatment facility.

Snack manufacturer Snyder's-Lance is completing a $10 million investment to improve operations and build on its commitment to sustainability at its manufacturing facility in Hyannis, where the company makes Cape Cod Potato Chips.

A potato genetically engineered to reduce the amounts of a potentially harmful ingredient in French fries and potato chips has been approved for commercial planting, the Department of Agriculture announced on Friday.

En el marco del Convenio MADR-CIAT, FUNDESOT se centró en determinar el impacto de sistemas de producción de papa bajo distintas condiciones ambientales y de manejo sobre la calidad del agua a través de la estimación de su huella hídrica y medición en campo de impactos. Estos son algunos de sus resultados.

El día 16 de octubre se inauguró el Simposio científico “Cambio climático y seguridad alimentaria en el Perú: impacto, adaptación, resiliencia” organizado por la Embajada de Francia en el Perú, el Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo (IRD) y el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP).

In front of hundreds of associates, suppliers and nonprofit organizations at its Global Sustainability Milestone Meeting, Walmart announced its commitment to create a more sustainable food system.

Through a partnership with Cavendish Farms, the Province of Prince Edward Island is purchasing 96 acres of agricultural land in the Barclay Brook area to help protect Island rivers and fish habitat.

During the week of August 26, the National Potato Council (NPC) led a delegation of 19 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff on a crop tour of New Jersey’s potato growing region.

Representantes y técnicos de organizaciones de productores de papa y leche en Cundinamarca que agrupan a más de 800 familias campesinas participaron de manera activa en un taller teórico-práctico convocado por FUNDESOT, el CIAT y el MADR.

The red fields of Prince Edward Island are renowned for growing potatoes. Fred Dollar’s decision to grow organic potatoes is built on that reputation.

Utilizando los servicios de Mattermap, se ha construido este mapa para mostrar rápidamente lo que se hace en los Andes para disminuir los efectos del cambio climático en la producción del tubérculo.