Potato News from Asia

New potato varieties coming for chips and French fries
October 25, 2022

New potato varieties in Bangladesh for Chips and French fries: Valencia and Cartagena

Two potato varieties developed by the private firm ACI Seed are set to hit the seed potato market of Bangladesh next season, enabling farmers to produce industrial-grade potatoes that can be used for making ready-to-eat snacks
Allround (India) will demonstrate its equipments on Gulfood Manufacturing 2022
October 17, 2022

Allround highlight their vegetable processing machinery at Gulfood Manufacturing in Dubai

Allround (India) Vegetable Processing Machines Pvt Ltd, is a Dutch-Indian engineering company, specializing in the field of designing and manufacturing machinery and equipment for post-harvest handling and storage of potato
McCain Foods India ropes in Piyush Patnaik as the new MD
October 16, 2022

Piyush Patnaik appointed Managing Director at McCain Foods India

McCain Foods India has appointed Piyush Patnaik as the new Managing Director. In this role, Piyush will be managing end-to-end India operations which will include manufacturing, supply chain, sales, and distribution for McCain.
Shakers for the indian market will be produced locally
October 14, 2022

FoodeQ is looking to shake up the Indian vibratory conveyor market

At the beginning of May, Marinus de Bruijn visited India together with VDL to investigate how they as FoodeQ can gain (a greater) foothold there
Natural Storage Solutions Pvt. Ltd. celebrates their silver anniversary
October 10, 2022

Natural Storage Solutions Pvt. Ltd. celebrates their silver anniversary

The past 25 years have been an amazing journey, full of incredible people, great clients, rich blessings, and countless opportunities in Post harvest/cold chain/food processing to create world-class projects
Individually wrapped potato chips! New genre 'high-density potato chips' dark potatoes anchovy olives
October 09, 2022

Individually wrapped potato chips! New genre 'high-density potato chips' dark potatoes anchovy olives

Koikeya Co., Ltd. launched a new style high-density potato chip 'Dark Potato Anchovy Olive' with a rich sauce on crispy potatoes in Tokyo and the surrounding (Kanto) area, Japan. It will be on sale at all channels and in the Koikeya online shop.
China's potato exports hit another record in August.
October 04, 2022

Potato export China hits another record in August

Relevant data show that from January to August 2022, China exported about 220,300 tons of fresh or refrigerated potatoes (except for seeds, the same below), an increase of about 2.57% compared with the same period last year.
Natural Storage Solutions displays its complete French Fry Line Unit, Fruit Processing Unit, and much more at ANUTEC.
October 01, 2022

Natural Storage Solutions displayed its complete French Fry Line Unit, Fruit Processing Unit, and much more at ANUTEC

Natural Storage Solutions (NSSP) is a leading turnkey solution provider company for all types of cold storage, and food processing units such as fruits & vegetables, seafood food and meat, and more from India to the globe.
Gulfood Manufacturing 2022 set to tackle global food system challenges and power ground-breaking innovation.
September 26, 2022

Gulfood Manufacturing 2022 set to tackle global food system challenges and power ground-breaking innovation

Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) announced its leading global trade fair, Gulfood Manufacturing, will take place from 8-10 November 2022. Showcasing new global products, solutions and technologies across the food and beverage value chain
CIP fomenta una mayor producción de papas y oportunidades inclusivas en Georgia.
September 20, 2022

CIP fomenta una mayor producción de papas y oportunidades inclusivas en Georgia

La papa es un pilar de la dieta georgiana, se come casi a diario y se utiliza en platos tradicionales como kartopilis kinkali (albóndigas de papa). Los georgianos consumen un promedio de 55 kg de papas al año.
TOMRA 5C Optical sorting machine wins prestigious Japan Food Journal Award
September 19, 2022

TOMRA 5C Optical sorting machine wins prestigious Japan Food Journal Award

Mr. Eizo Oda, Chairman of the Japan Food Distribution Association, presented the prize to TOMRA Processed Food’s Regional Sales Director for the APAC region, Steven Van Geel
Seed potato business is taking root in Haryana, India
September 19, 2022

Seed potato business is taking root in Haryana, India

A new trend has emerged in the Indian State of Haryana, with many potato farmers venturing into the seed potato production business. They even have had contracts from big private players such as McCain and Siddhi Vinayak
S.V. Agri Signed MOU With Farmers Collectives Of Assam Towards Localised Value Chain Development.
September 15, 2022

S.V. Agri Signed MOU With Farmers Collectives Of Assam Towards Localised Value Chain Development

Siddhi Vinayak Agri Processing Private Limited has signed MOU with farmers collectives which are supported under the World Bank and Govt of Assam seeded project for rural transformation named APART.
Grand opening ceremony for potato processing line 3 with 2nd PEF system at Snow Valley in China
August 30, 2022

Grand opening ceremony for potato processing line 3 with 2nd PEF system at Snow Valley in China

SnowValley Agriculture is one of the largest potato industrial chain groups in China, with potato seed as the core, modern agricultural service as an extension, and food processing as the leader
Patent on Potato Flakes Energy Bar
August 25, 2022

Patent on Potato Flakes Energy Bar

In India processing of fruits and vegetables is very poor around only 3-5% were countries like US has 65%, Phillipines 78% and China 23%. Hence, there is a need to enhance the processing of fruits and vegetables.
Chinese Scientists clear up further details of the complex regulation of Potato blight resistance
August 23, 2022

Chinese Scientists clear up further details of the complex regulation of Potato blight resistance

In recent work published in the journal Horticulture Research, researchers from Northeast Agricultural University and Huazhong Agricultural University characterized a negative regulator of late blight resistance in potato.
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August 16, 2022

AgroScout Recognised by Tracxn with an 'Emerging Startup Awards 2022' in the category 'Drones'

AgroScout is recognised by Tracxn with an 'Emerging Startup Awards 2022 in the category 'Drones'. AgroScout is a crop-monitoring and analytics platform that collects user-generated data to create powerful AI tools providing actionable insights in crop management.
Better team management and agriculture data collection.
August 15, 2022

Better team management and agriculture data collection

AgroScout’s interconnected web, mobile, and flight platforms allow machine and field data management flow, whether you are tilling, planting, applying, harvesting, managing your fleet, or maintaining your property.

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