Aardappelketen

August was a great month for retail potato sales in the United States, with all categories enjoying volume growth when compared to the same four weeks a year ago.

What’s new in the fresh potato category? Check it out on Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22 on the PMA Fresh Summit Convention and Expo, at booth #4669 from RPE!

Hanawa Super Foods has contracted over 1 000 farmers to grow potatoes as it moves to cut imports, a company official said.

Farmers in India can expect higher yields and profits with the release of a new potato variety, Kufri Lima, developed by the International Potato Center (CIP) and the Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)

The International Potato Center (CIP) and BlackPace Africa Group (BPA) executed a Technical and Scientific agreement to advance potato production in Africa, with focus on Rwanda.

Stocks of the potato chips are stretched thin as New Zealand battles a nationwide potato shortage after the wet winter. UPDATE: it turns grocery stores right now have NO shortage in stocks after all...

The International Potato Center (CIP) opened its representation in Tbilisi, Georgia on October 11.

El próximo Congreso Mundial de la Papa (WPC) se celebrará del 27 al 31 de mayo de 2018 en en Cusco, Perú. Es la primera vez que se realiza en América Latina y que coincide con el Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP). Conozca el programa tentativo del primero de los eventos.

Empleando la técnica de espectroscopia en el infrarrojo cercano, una investigadora de la Universidad de Navarra es capaz de identificar las variedades de papa con mayor contenido de compuestos fenólicos. Estas sustancias son beneficiosas para la salud por su contribución a la reducción de enfermedades cardiovasculares.

Potatoes USA has distributed chip-stock potatoes to four local potato chip manufacturers in Myanmar to conduct product trials.

El conocimiento de la secuencia completa, a cargo de investigadores del INTA, permite caracterizar el virus a nivel molecular y estudiar aspectos básicos y particulares de la infección. Además posibilita el desarrollo de herramientas biotecnológicas para mitigar las pérdidas ocasionadas por la infección, que pueden llegar hasta un 90 por ciento.

Georgia is reducing its dependency on potato imports as this year local farmers harvested enough to meet the needs of the local market.

Este tubérculo, de múltiples formas y colores, cultivado principalmente en Chiloé, está siendo investigado por su potencial para producir pigmentos para la industria alimentaria.

The Government of India is looking for solutions for preventing physical waste and loss of value of perishable agricultural commodities, according to agriculture experts.

Op Zaterdag 7 oktober was in het Groningse Hornhuizen het Aardappelfeest, georganiseerd door vrijwilligers. Met eten, cultuur en sprekers, onder wie Jan van Hoogen.

HZPC, world leader in potato breeding, announced during the shareholders’ meeting on 5 October that a consolidated net turnover of €318.5 million has been determined for the financial year 2016/17. The gross profit is €59.3 million and the net result is €8.5 million.

After a record export of potatoes and potato products from the United States in the period from July 2016 to June 2017, Potatoes USA reported that export in the month of July was up compared to July last year.

A project underway in Aberdeen, Idaho, aims to develop russet potatoes with resistance to pale cyst nematode, while identifying new molecular markers associated with resistance.