News on The Potato Supply Chain

El presidente Rafael Correa inauguró el jueves un invernadero inteligente para producir semillas de papa de alta calidad. Tal avance permitirá incrementar la producción de 8 a 20 toneladas métricas por hectárea, aumentar los ingresos de pequeños campesinos, sustituir las importaciones y eventualmente exportar el tubérculo.

Este 30 de julio, en Beijing, China, una delegación oficial del Estado peruano recibirá las credenciales para ser la sede del X Congreso Mundial de la Papa que se realizará, por primera vez en Sudamérica, en agosto del 2018, y convocará a más de mil científicos, investigadores y empresarios de todo el mundo en la ciudad del Cusco.

Spain's potato sector is once again hampered by a price crisis, with producers failing even to cover their production costs.

It appears that many Australians don’t know their King Edwards from their Kennebecs, with the latest wave of the Potato Tracker consumer research project indicating that some people can’t name a single variety of potato, despite being the most commonly purchased vegetable commodity.

The new ‘purple bliss’ potato (grown in Tasmania and bred in Idaho) could become a family favourite now that it has begun producing commercial quantities, and 20 tonnes are making their way to supermarket shelves.

While the rest of the agriculture sector nervously eyes the oil melt-down, the french fry industry in Canada might actually be poised for a comeback

Equipment manufacturer GIllenkirch offers an innovative solution to the Prince Edward Island potato industry after the recent scare involving needles inserted in potatoes

Dutch potato company Nedato - specialized in handling and sales of ware potatoes and potatoes for the European processing industry - has launched a new website and corporate identity.

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.

El presidente de la Federación nacional de productores de papa y hortalizas de Venezuela, Plubio Paredes, indicó que los productores de papa han perdido producción por no tener los elementos para mantener las semillas.

Calyxt, Inc., a Minnesota-based company focusing on developing healthier food products, today announced that it has started the field trials of its cold storable potato.

United States Potato Board Chief Marketing Officer, John Toaspern, has issued the following statement regarding the recent news longtime USPB Retail Marketing Consultant, Don Ladhoff, has joined Black Gold Farms after the expiration of his contract with the USPB

Texas-based MountainKing Potatoes has launched its 2015 summer merchandising program aimed at encouraging retailers to create eye-catching displays capturing the experience of summer grilling featuring the company’s Steakhouse Roasters.

Steamed buns made of potato have emerged on the Chinese market following a national strategy to convert the potato into a staple of Chinese people's daily diet.

The potato industry within Australia needs to come together to develop a plan and make potatoes appealing again from a marketing perspective, to solve the oversupply issues plaguing the industry. That is the message from grower Tony Cummaudo, of Cummaudo Farms.

The updated NEPG 2015 area estimate, excluding seed and starch potatoes, is available, with total area now estimated down nearly 4% from last year and production estimated down over 12%

McCain Foods Australia/New Zealand will spend up to $10 million dollars over the next two years upgrading onsite storage facilities and building a new packing line at the Smithton plant in Circular Head, Northern Tasmania.

Durante la semana del 22 al 29 de junio se celebró por octavo año consecutivo el Día Nacional de la Papa. Destacó por su originalidad la exposición fotográfica sobre historia, producción, investigación, agricultura, nutrición, gastronomía, cultura y patrimonio.