Aardappelketen uit Amerika

El World Potato Congress Inc. y su ex-Pesidente Allan Parker están organizando una gira a Chile y Argentina para conocer la situación de la papa en la región. La expedición incluye Chiloé y Puerto Varas en Chile y Bariloche y Balcarce en Argentina.

El interrogante es aclarado por Miguel Ordinola, investigador del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), en un artículo publicado por la Revista Stakeholders (Perú) en su edición No. 48 de diciembre de 2013.

A large potato warehouse in western Minnesota operated by the nation’s largest potato producer RD Offutt burned down.

The Snack Food Association is pleased to announce that George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, will highlight SNAXPO 2014, in Dallas, Texas, March 1 – 4.

Prince Edward Island Potato Packer W.P. Griffin will get a combined investment of $372,490 from the provincial and federal governments to purchase new weighing and bagging equipment.

A concerted effort has begun in Alberta Canada to raise awareness about the nastiness of late blight in tomatoes and potatoes.

The International Potato Technology Expo (IPTE) returns to the Eastlink Centre (formerly known as the Charlottetown Civic Centre) on February 21-22, 2014.

The United States Potato Board (USPB) Members approved the restructuring of the domestic and international marketing departments to form one USPB marketing department.

Serie de artículos con información sobre cómo los países andinos productores de papa vienen enfrentando el fenómeno. Para este capítulo de Colombia se han reunido las experiencias del Convenio MADR-CIAT, la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y el Proyecto SAN Nariño.

La Fundación para el Desarrollo Sostenible Territorial (Fundesot) está trabajando en un proyecto de investigación para establecer la huella hídrica en el cultivo de papa y evaluar el cultivo bajo dos sistemas de producción: agricultura de conservación y agricultura tradicional.

Un proyecto financiado por Colciencias y liderado por la Corporación PBA y la Universidad Javeriana permitirá la construcción de un laboratorio básico para la producción de materiales iniciales de papa.

At the National Potato Council’s (NPC) 2014 Annual Meeting, held January 10-11, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas, Randy Hardy from Hardy Farms in Oakley, Idaho, was elected to serve as NPC’s president for 2014 and to lead the council’s Executive Committee.

When the Idaho Potato Commission's CEO Frank Muir saw what happened Monday, he was 'thrilled.' The state's most famous tuber had a starring role in news coverage of a meeting between the U.S. and Russia.

Jenifer Huang McBeath of the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been researching biological controls and developing environmentally friendly methods for farmers to combat plant diseases since 1985. She never intended to switch her focus to potatoes...

According to United States Department of Agriculture’s crop production predictions, average potato yield per acre increased during the 2013 season.

In an effort to propel this upward trend into the New Year, Bayer CropScience launched its Potato Perspectives Survey during Potato Expo in San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 8-10, 2014.

Potato producers in the Pacific Northwest should once again mark their calendars for the upcoming 2014 Washington-Oregon Potato Conference to be held at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, Washington

The mashed potatoes or latkes that enhance your holiday feast have taken a long path from tuber to table – in many cases, several years. A project at Cornell University could trim that time.

Herbicide-resistant weeds pose significant economic and production challenges, particularly in specialty crops such as potatoes where weed control options are limited.