Aardappelketen

The potato is well-tolerated by more than 99 per cent of people, according to a study by YorkTest which has dubbed humble spud the 'safest food in Britain'.YorkTest, which supplies home-testing kits for food intolerance, came to its conclusion after as...

Pootgoedtelers hebben in 2006 en 2007 meer opbrengsten gehad dan kosten. In 2005 was de financiële opbrengst nog onvoldoende om de kostprijs te dekken.Pootgoedhandelshuis HZPC heeft het onderzoeksinstituut LEI een studie laten doen over de aardappel po...

A shortage of potatoes is expected to hit restaurants in Nairobi and other towns in the next few weeks because of the violence that has crippled the Rift Valley Province.Nairobi has more than 800 restaurants and over 40 local processors of crisps whose...

Por ser considerado el producto que tiene más presencia en todas las comidas a nivel mundial y que puede ser uno de los alimentos ideales para proporcionar la seguridad alimentaria en el país y el mundo, las Naciones Unidas declaró el 2008 como Año In...

The total potato production in the Netherlands and Belgium is back to pre-MY 06/07 levels.The average yield in 2007 is estimated to be 13% higher than the previous year’s yield,although there are big differences between the various soil types and types...

The British Potato Council has hit back at claims it treated some growers unfairly by refusing to provide a rebate on their levy after their crops were destroyed by the summer floods.In a statement released yesterday (Thursday, January 31) the BPC said...

France's leading retailers yesterday pledged to reduce their impact on the environment under an ambitious plan backed by the government. The Fédération des Entreprises du Commerce et de la Distribution (FECD), which represents 93 per cent of the count...

A new United States Potato Board (USPB) website, www.potatogoodness.com, joined the Board’s online cache of resources championing the goodness and nutrition found in America’s favorite vegetable. This consumer website went live January 17, 2008 and re...

El presidente Ejecutivo de Sierra Exportadora, Gastón Benza Pflucker, informó que están trabajando para introducir el papapan o pan de papa en los programas de alimentación de los cuarteles de las Fuerzas Armadas.   Para el efecto Benza Pflucker soste...

Een internationaal consortium van aardappelkwekers bindt in België de strijd aan tegen landbouwers die hun aardappelrassen illegaal kopiëren. Achter het initiatief zitten twee grote Nederlandse aardappelkwekers (HZPC en Agrico) en twee Duitse (Europla...

De antipiraterij-afdeling die enkele buitenlandse bedrijven oprichten om illegale kopieën van hun aardappelrassen bij boeren in ons land op te sporen, wekt bij Boerenbond argwaan. "We verdedigen het fundamenteel recht van boeren om zelf pootgoed v...

In the 27 countries of the EU, 23,000 hectares were used for growing potatoes according to organic standards in 2006. This is equivalent to 1 % of the total area for potato growing in Europe. The most important countries were Germany with 7,500 hectare...

Fane Valley Co-operative Society Ltd said it was no longer feasible to retain its Dervock plant as a potato packing centre and it will close in early April. The plant grades, washes and pre-packs 5,000 tonnes of potatoes every year, sourced from arou...

Vegetable processor Simplot Australia will import a third of its potatoes this year, more than it has ever had to before. Concerns over water shortages in Tasmania meant that not enough farmers were able to sign contracts to supply potatoes to Simplot...

With 2008 designated the International Year of the Potato, ten Latin American countries and Spain have formed the Latin American Network for Innovation on Potato Improvement and Dissemination, known as Red Latinpapa. The network was announced following...

As part of its continuing strategy to develop new market opportunities for US potatoes, the United States Potato Board (USPB) has initiated a frozen potato program in Central America. Countries to be targeted include Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, N...

Auckland company Taste Technologies has developed a sorting method that can find out if potatoes have the Zebra chip disease before they are sent to manufacturers. NIR (or near-infrared) technology works by shining a light on the potato as it travels...

Variabel poten met behulp van GPS geeft bij alle beproefde rassen een verbetering van de opbrengst en sortering. Dit zorgt voor een gemiddelde financiële meeropbrengst van € 241 tot € 291 per hectare. Dat stelt The Soil Company in een analyse van vie...