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June often represents a month where farmers can observe the crops they planted emerge from the ground, daily gaining strength on their way to reaching a yield potential that everyone would be pleased with. Although the new crop may be planted and gro...

En homenaje al Día Nacional de la Papa y resaltando la importancia que representa dentro de nuestra gastronomía y la dieta de los peruanos, este producto será relanzado con un nuevo diseño, por la popular marca Lay´s bajo el nombre de Lay´s Peruanísima...

Potatoes have a massive role to play globally. As well as delicious to eat in all their many forms, they are nutritious and address many of our food security and sustainability challenges, declared Potato Council chairman Allan Stevenson in his opening...

Lima, Peru -- The International Potato Center (CIP) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation. Jan Kreuze, Ph.D., principal virologist at CIP, will pursue an innova...

La oficina regional del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) en Ecuador, el Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP) y el Consorcio de Pequeños Productores de Papa (CONPAPA), como parte del proyecto Fortalecimiento de los s...

Marks &Spencer is launching a brand new, loose skinned new potato variety this summer called Athlete. The first small volumes of the new variety will be harvested in May this year, and will then be exclusively available in M&S stores nationwi...

Cite Mexico's Agreement to Purchase Fresh Potatoes Washington, D.C. – Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch have joined a number of their colleagues in an effort to increase sales of U.S. potatoes to Mexico. The Mexican market for potatoes from Ida...

McCain Foods USA, Inc. and Ag Connections Inc. of Murray, KY announce the integration of McCain Agriculture Systems, through their internet portal from the Ag Connections Land.db crop record keeping system. This integration allows for the electronic tr...

The Belgian potato-processing industry continued to grow in 2011 for its entire product segment, as shown by the annual production data published by Belgapom, the Belgian federation of the potato trade and processing sector. This growth is above all tr...

Durante la última campaña agrícola 2010 – 2011, la superficie sembrada de papa alcanzó las 303,282 hectáreas que produjeron cuatro millones de toneladas en 19 regiones, generando aproximadamente 110 mil puestos de trabajo permanentes y 32 millones de j...

La decisión de Brasil de suspender las licencias automáticas de importación para una decena de productos perecederos, –entre ellos, manzanas, trigo, uvas pasas y papas– encendió una luz de alerta en las principales empresas productoras de papas congela...

El Ministerio de Agricultura (Minag) señaló hoy que casi el 92 por ciento de la papa peruana se consume en el mercado nacional, y el resto se exporta, dado que la demanda del tubérculo se ha fortalecido en los últimos años. “El mercado nacional es fue...

The European Commission has approved a list of 222 health claims for food products. Health claims on food labelling and in advertising, for example on the role of calcium and bone health or vitamin C and the immune system, have become vital marketing tools.

Institute of Informatics and Development (IID) organized two dissemination workshops titled “Increasing efficiency and inclusiveness in Agriculture: Findings of the Jute and Potato supply chain study”.

The Specialty Potato Alliance promises US consumers this season a wide choice of potato varieties: “This season we have everything,” noted the elated Richard Leibowitz commenting on Alliances’ spring harvest in Bakersfield. “We are going to have the...

En pleno desierto del municipio de Uribia, en la Alta Guajira, donde se alcanzan temperaturas que llegan hasta los 40 grados centígrados y los suelos son áridos, se recogió la primera cosecha de papa, un alimento que en nuestro país, solo se produce en climas fríos.

Estan disponibles las memorias del Encuentro Regional de Sistemas No Convencionales de Semilla, celebrado entre el 26-27 de abril de 2012 en Santa Catalina, Ecuador.Los siguientes objetivos orientaron el encuentro: Documentar y compartir experiencias...

Potandon Produce L.L.C. is proud to announce its participation with Johnny’s Fine Foods for the 2012 Johnny’s Be Good Road Tour. Potandon Produce and Johnny’s Fine Foods have teamed up to sample each company’s unique products and seasonings to thousand...