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El pasado fin de semana, la llegada de la papa a varios mercados agrícolas de La Habana provocó reyertas que recordaron el desespero de los años más difíciles del Período Especial. Horas después de finalizadas las trifulcas, era posible comprar papa en aquellos mismos lugares, pero de mano de los avispados que especulaban con el producto.

The Cuban western province of Matanzas, one of the largest producers of potatoes in the country, will almost double potato yields during the present harvest, according to Agriculture officials.

El gobierno quiere importar papas cultivadas en el norte ecuatoriano donde existe gran producción y alta calidad del tubérculo. Para lograrlo buscará establecer acuerdos y determinar las necesidades de consumo de la isla.

El Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas (INCA) ha desarrollado un bioestimulante que favorece el rendimiento productivo por hectárea.

Tras una cosecha deficitaria en 2014, enviados del Ministerio de Agricultura intentan negociar precios con funcionarios del sector y el Gobierno de ese país del Reino Unido.

Potatoes are scarce in Cuba. Cuban weekly 'Trabajadores' reported last Monday, that the import prices for seed potatoes have risen sharply and as a result only half the area of last year has been planted.

Un equipo técnico del INTA compartió información sobre tecnologías de cosecha y poscosecha para aumentar y mejorar la diversidad varietal de la producción en la isla.

Five Haitians who participated in a recent training course on tissue-culture techniques have returned home very satisfied with the training they received at the Scientific Research Council (SRC) facility at Hope Gardens, St Andrew in Jamaica.

Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has created a J$250-million (about 3 million USD) special line of credit for farmers of onion and Irish potato, accessible through the National People's Co-operative Bank network. Some 450 to 500 farmers are said to b...

Los campesinos y cooperativista de la provincia de Ciego de Ávila, aplican la regulación de plagas en el cultivo de la papa, con medios biológicos a través del sistema del fertirriego, experimento utilizado en las Empresas de Cultivos varios el Mambí y...

Cuban scientists hope to successfully produce in around three years a potato seed created in the country, with which it would save some 15 million dollars in imports, reported IPS.Several research centers are working towards this aim, among them the Na...

In Cuba, potatoes and peas were removed from a list of rationed foods, permitting Cubans to buy as much of the products as they want. Previously, Cubans were entitled to buy up to four pounds of potatoes and 10 ounces of peas a month, with prices set v...

With a record yield of produce like potato and tomato, agricultural workers in the central-eastern of Ciego de Avila support Cuba's national food plans amidst the current world economic crisis. Reports say that private and state-owned farms in the terr...

A small group of New Brunswick potato industry experts led by provincial Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette is in Cuba this week for a follow-up on seed potato exports and to evaluate trials of different varieties of seed potatoes s...

Más de una veintena de variedades de papa de altos rendimientos y resistentes a enfermedades cultivan agricultores cubanos, para elevar la producción de uno de los principales alimentos del agro. Entre esas especies figuran las europeas Romano, Santan...

The Cuban government invested 40 million dollars to buy items destined to the cultivation of potatoes, a strategy to increase delivery of food to the Cuban population. The information was given by Cuban Agriculture Vice Minister Juan Perez Lamas Monda...

The Agriculture Ministry and Customs Agency (DGA) sent 56 containers of tainted potatoes back to Holland, affirming that it didn’t comply with international sanitary norms, and said an investigation is underway to determine who allowed part of the ship...

CIEGO DE AVILA.- La primera planta productora de papas prefritas en el país comenzó su nueva campaña en la central provincia de Ciego de Avila, y se propone comercializar unas 1 800 toneladas del nutritivo alimento. Naíl Pérez Guizán, director del Com...