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Smart Portable Warehouse for Potatoes
June 16, 2022
Smart portable warehouses for Potato
Smart portable warehouses by Silopapa allow the field storage of potatoes, sweet potatoes and onions, maintaining the quality of the production practically and economically for a period of 5 to 6 months.
México: Sinaloa embarca 305.000 toneladas de papa en el mercado interno tras concluir la cosecha hace un mes.
June 15, 2022
México: Sinaloa embarca 305.000 toneladas de papa en el mercado interno tras concluir la cosecha hace un mes
Las cosechas de papa concluyeron hace un mes en Sinaloa y a la fecha ya se han embarcado hacia los distintos destinos nacionales 305.000 toneladas.
Joint industry project in the United Kingdom to tackle wireworm damage
June 15, 2022
Joint industry project in the United Kingdom to tackle wireworm damage
Following an upward trend in wireworm damage in root vegetable and cereal crops throughout the UK, industry leaders have joined forces to co-fund a Fera-led R&D project to find an end-to-end solution
Tigran Richter, Newly-elected President of Europatat and Gilles Fontaine
June 15, 2022
The legacy of former Europatat President Gilles Fontaine
June has marked the end of Europatat’s Presidency for Mr Gilles Fontaine, who joined Europatat’s Board in 2014 as Treasurer and became President in 2018.
New processing technique could make potatoes healthier
June 15, 2022
Nutrition 2022: New processing technique could make potatoes healthier
Researchers announced early tests of a new potato processing technique designed to make our bodies digest potato starch more slowly. Laboratory demonstrations show that the approach blocks certain digestive enzymes
Sistema de control de heladas en el cultivo de papas.
June 14, 2022
Chile: Sistema de control de heladas en el cultivo de papas
El presente informativo entrega las bases técnicas para el establecimiento de un sistema de control de heladas, a través de riego por aspersión para el cultivo de papas.
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Dominic Levesque taking samples in Picketa customers’ potato fields to take back and analyze. (Courtesy: Picketa Systems)
June 14, 2022
Saving Time on Potato Plant Tissue Testing with Picketa
Time is paramount when testing potato crops before spraying and fertilizer applications, which is what Picketa’s new product is all about. For their final engineering project, four University of New Brunswick students decided to help potato growers.
Potato may emerge as the knight with shining armour having potential to ensure global food security in today's’ fragile agri-food system: Indian Perspective
June 14, 2022
A hero role for potatoes in global food security? An Indian perspective
The global agri-food system has been struggling with a series of disruptions caused by various events including drastic climate variabilities, the global pandemic of Covid-19 outburst, and the recent among them is Russia-Ukraine war.
Potato Protein as Good as Animal Protein: Study
June 14, 2022
Potato Protein as Good as Animal Protein: Study
While many plant proteins are deficient in one or more essential amino acids necessary for optimal muscle growth and repair, a new randomized controlled study published in shows that plant-derived proteins can still induce strong anabolic responses.
Engineering project manager Lenard Smythe at McCain Foods (NZ) - Timaru( left) and plant manager Jordan Jurcina with wood chips that will be used to replace coal in their boilers.
June 14, 2022
McCain Foods (NZ) - Timaru is switching from coal to wood chips for its french fries
A NZD 5.6 million (about USD 3.5 million) project to eliminate CO2 emissions and reduce demand for heating fuel at McCain’s Timaru factory will soon use woodchips to make their frozen french fries.
Indap incentivará producción de papa con plan Siembra por Chile: 2 mil agricultores beneficiados.
June 13, 2022
Indap incentivará producción de papa con plan Siembra por Chile: 2 mil agricultores beneficiados
El anuncio fue realizado por el director nacional del Indap, Santiago Rojas, en el predio de Venancio Marinao, en la comuna de Padre Las Casas. Esto beneficiará a más de 2.000 pequeños agricultores.
Elea PEF demo and test center in Beijing
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PEF implementation for potato chips at Liwayway (China) Co.,Ltd.
Liwayway Marketing Corporation, with its brand Oishi and more than 100 product varieties, is one of the leading snack companies in Asia. From its humble beginnings of 'gawgaw' and coffee 70 years ago, it has taken on bigger and more exciting adventures.
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