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Los 149 supermercados de Spar venderán por primera vez la variedad ecológica 'Lady Balfour'. La cadena ofrecerá a sus clientes el kilo de estos nuevos tubérculos a 75 céntimos.

A partir del auge que ha cobrado la comida peruana en los últimos años, una pregunta que surge es como se puede relacionar la nutrición con el boom de la gastronomía peruana.

Es un sistema de mapas que fue desarrollado por el CIP, Bioversity International, el Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical y el Instituto Internacional de Agricultura Tropical.

Guía para reutilizar semilla de papa mediante la selección positiva, una técnica sencilla y de bajo costo.

Innovador proyecto, cofinanciado por la Fundación para la Innovación Agraria (FIA), beneficiará directamente a los productores en términos de costos, logística e imagen, al emplear un sistema más sustentable ambientalmente.

Dreams do come true—just ask Danny and Shelly Jameson who started Saratoga Chips out of a back room in their house just four years ago and have just sold it to investors who are not only keeping the Jameson’s on, but have plans of taking the brand nati...

La prohibición de importar papa procedente de la Unión Europea por parte de Rusia entró en vigor, después de tres meses de negociación.

Western Polymer Corporation (WPC) yesterday announced the purchase of the manufacturing plant and equipment of Aroostook Starch Company, LLC, in Fort Fairfield, Maine. This acquisition will be the third starch manufacturing site for the Corporation.

Tong Peal Engineering will be hosting an open week later this month, to give growers and packers the opportunity to see its latest machinery in action.

The savoury snacks industry assembled en masse to do business on 12-13 June 2013 as exhibitors, delegates and visitors from over 70 countries around the world met in Gothenburg, Sweden, for the 15th edition of SNACKEX.

La CEO, Nooyi, compró una láctea de la era soviética para expandir la distribución de los lucrativos productos de la compañía. “Es sólo una base. Se hace por los países de la ex URSS”.

Portions (8, 12 or 16 ounces) are given different labels – small, medium or large – at different restaurants. Research shows consumers use such labels to dictate how much food they think is a “normal” portion, and then adjust their intake accordingly.

The Potato Council’s first estimate of total potato plantings for the 2013 crop year in Great Britain is 121,200 hectares.

One of India's states, Himachal Pradesh will impose a ban on using polythene for packaging non-essential eatables, especially potato chips and candies, from July 1, officials said on Sunday.

La polilla guatemalteca, llegada hace veinte años de América Central, causa grandes destrozos en los cultivos de papa de Venezuela, Colombia y Ecuador. Sus larvas pueden devorar completamente los tubérculos almacenados.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that under USDA's new "Smart Snacks in School"nutrition standards, America's students will be offered healthier food options during the school day.

Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella) populations are on the increase across southern Europe, particularly around Mediterranean basin, and are likely to lead to significant in-store losses and threaten the trade of infected tubers.

Representatives from across Europe?s food supply chain have today announced the launch of a joint effort to tackle the major societal problem of food wastage via the publication of their Joint Declaration entitled, “Every Crumb Counts”.