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The World Potato Congress is pleased to announce that Mr. Lu, Xiaoping has accepted to become WPC’s newest International Advisor.

Plants collected by Darwin have helped reveal the ancestry of European potatoes.

In the Andes, at 3,600 meters above sea level, the more than 2,500 varieties of Peruvian native potatoes grow.

Científicos del CSIC participan en un estudio internacional sobre el origen y evolución de estas variedades, con ayuda de las colecciones históricas de los herbarios

Australian potato growers keen to learn about the latest research for managing key pests and diseases on potato farms have an opportunity to listen to leading experts at a Potato Industry Research and Development (R&D) Forum in Melbourne this week.

Recently, drones have been given what might just be their most important ever role: being deployed to protect Scottish potatoes.

The Idaho Potato Commission has found that the best way to communicate that potatoes are part of an active, healthy lifestyle is to show it. Therefore, the IPC sponsors several athletic programs and events that support and encourage folks to be active.

Mark Pavek, professor and potato specialist at Washington State University, at one of the research potato fields in Othello.

The National Potato Council joined with over 950 farm groups and agricultural
organizations in a letter urging Congress to immediately ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada
Agreement (USMCA).

We understand that on 17 June 2019 the European Union’s Health and Food Safety Directorate-General Appeal Committee concluded Chlorpropham’s (CIPC) approval for use both as a herbicide and as a sprout suppressant cannot be renewed.

El pasado 6 de junio de 2019 tuvo lugar la cita anual del Día de la Patata Temprana en la empresa Maurer Parat en la localidad de Dirmstein, en la región alemana del Palatinado.

Agricultores del Centro Poblado de Huanchar, del distrito de Santa Rosa, provincia de Concepción, Junín, obtuvieron su primera cosecha de papa INIA 309-Serranita, una variedad liberada por el Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA).

El pleno del Congreso aprobó la ley de promoción y protección del cultivo de la papa y de sus productores durante la sesión plenaria en torno al sector agrario.

Aphids and the plant viruses they transmit cause billions of dollars in crop damage around the world every year.

A well-known Norwich crisps brand has embedded its roots in Norfolk for decades to come by investing £2.7m in a new potato processing building - unlocking the factory's future growth potential.

Giving away the original 6-ton replica Russet Burbank that once toured the nation on its Great Big Idaho Potato Truck is paying major dividends for the Idaho Potato Commission, according to Frank Muir, president and CEO of the organization.

De aardappel is niet uit het nieuws te branden. Deze week bleek dat Belgische telers in Noord-Frankrijk neerstrijken omdat het Belgische areaal bijna uitgeput is.

Freshfel Europe’s 2019 Activity Report has been published and is now available for download on the Freshfel Europe website.