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TOMRA Sorting Food has launched a French version of its website to showcase to French-speaking countries the sorting and peeling solutions the company offers.

TOMRA ha lanzado una versión en español de su sitio Web, destacando la importancia de España y los países hispanohablantes en la estrategia operacional global de la empresa.

La papa ha salvado al mundo de hambrunas. Ahora, papas andinas poco conocidas podrían acabar con la malnutrición. El Centro Internacional de la Papa presentó en Bruselas un proyecto regional con aspiraciones globales.

TOMRA has launched a Spanish version of its website, underlining the importance of Spain and other Spanish speaking countries to the company’s global business strategy.

En un encuentro celebrado esta semana en el Parlamento Europeo, las organizaciones representativas de la cadena alimentaria han mostrado su preocupación por la actual legislación de protección de las plantas y el impacto que ésta provoca en la cadena alimentaria.

TOMRA Sorting Solutions has installed a brand new 56 square meter cold room in its test and demonstration center in Leuven, Belgium to facilitate sorting tests and demonstrations of frozen products.

Starch Europe published today the summary report of an updated Life Cycle Assessment study of the European Starch industry

Belgian Potato Supplier Pomuni offers purple potatoes for years, but they are still unfamiliar to many. Pomuni brings purple potatoes in two flavours: Bergerac and Vitelotte.

The North-western European potato area is estimated to decrease by 2.5% to 530,000 hectares in the coming season.

Pomuni, market leader in the Belgian table potatoes market, will this summer introduce the first potato brand in Belgium: Princesse Amadine

Researchers from Ghent University and the International Potato Center have discovered that sweet potatoes naturally contain genes from a bacterium. Because of the presence of this 'foreign' DNA, sweet potato can be seen as a 'natural gmo'.

Potato Processor McCain Foods Belgium plans to shut down its production in Grobbendonk early 2016. The production will be transferred to Leuze-en-Heinaut to a factory of McCain subsidiary Lutosa.

Belgian contract farmer Heyvaert reflects on the investment in a Dewulf Kwatro self-propelled harvester for their 200 ha chicory and 200 ha potatoes operation.

Romain Cools, secretary of the Belgian Potato Processors Association Belgapom expresses his views on the free potato market.

The total ware potato harvest in the five North-Western European Potato growers (NEPG) countries - Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain - in 2014 is estimated at more than 28 million tons.

The 17th edition of INTERPOM | PRIMEURS in Kortrijk Xpo has again chalked up record visitor numbers with no less than 19 529 visitors, representing an increase of 10.5%

Jeroen Hindryckx uit Koekelare en Condi-Plants uit Gembloux zijn tot winnaars van de tweede Inno Potato Award.gekozen tijdens de Interpom | Primeurs in Kortrijk.

Mooij Agro reveals the Croptimiz-r storage computer with personalized overview of your store at Interpom | Primeurs.