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april 12, 2015
Colombia: Campesinos piden al Gobierno que frene las importaciones de papa
Los paperos del departamento de Boyacá conocieron que multinacionales como Frito-Lay, le solicitaron al Ministerio de Agricultura su autorización para ingresar a Colombia cientos de toneladas del tubérculo.From the archive

april 12, 2015
Idaho potato growers accept slight price cut in processing contracts
Southern Idaho Potato Cooperative growers have agreed to a contract that slightly reduces potato prices but requires processors to accept at least 90 percent of their 2014 acreages with individual farms.From the archive

april 09, 2015
West Australian Potato Grower Galati digs in for export-quota fight
Tony Galati, owner of the West Australian Produce Chain 'Spud Shed', wants to add up to four extra stores to his existing Spud Shed network over the next few years and is working on opening up export markets for Western Australia potatoes.From the archive

april 08, 2015
Japan Approves Overland Transportation Route for US Chipping Potatoes
After several years of negotiations, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) has agreed to allow US chipping potatoes to be transported overland from an international port to an approved processing facility in Kagoshima.From the archive
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maart 29, 2015
Potato Council publishes annual market intelligence report on GB potatoes
Late last week, the Potato Council published its annual GB Potatoes Market Intelligence report, wrapping up all key information about the GB potato market in order to inform decision-making and provide answers for common questions about the industry.From the archive

maart 25, 2015
West Bengal’s potato farmers in trouble - reportedly resulting in multiple suicides
Even though the ban by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on sale of potatoes to other states over the past three years has been lifted, cases of farmer suicides, which some say may have been driven by the fear of heavy losses, are still being reported.From the archive

maart 22, 2015
Algeria announces new strategy to tackle rising potato prices
The Algerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abdelouahab Nouri, has announced a programme to tackle the problem of soaring potato prices, consisting in the adoption of a new marketing strategy to connect producers and consumers directly.From the archive










