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July 08, 2026
Panamá: producción aumenta casi un 30% interanual
El MIDA señaló que los rendimientos y la participación de los productores son fundamentales para el éxito. En los últimos cinco años, esta participación aumentó un 70%, lo que equivale a 130 productores con una tasa acumulada del 11.3%.
Potato cultivation in Panama
December 18, 2022
Tierras Altas, Panamá: Resultados alentadores en cultivo de papa
Tras pruebas en la Estación Experimental del IDIAP en Tierras Altas y fincas de productores colaboradores, hay resultados alentadores en el cultivo de papa.
Suministro de papas está garantizado en Panamá
March 16, 2020
Suministro de papas está garantizado en Panamá
Gracias a un aporte entre importadores y productores locales de papas, se puede garantizar el suministro de este rubro en todo el país para lo que resta del año.
Liberan en Panamá nueva variedad de papa
September 19, 2017
Liberan en Panamá nueva variedad de papa
El IDIAP dio a conocer las propiedades de su nueva variedad de papa, idiap roja- 17. Es una variedad que presenta altos rendimientos (de hasta 55 toneladas por hectárea) y tolerancia a las plagas más comunes del cultivo en la Provincia de Chiriquí (tizón tardío y a mosca minadora).
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Panamá empieza a producir su propia semilla de papa
May 17, 2017
Panamá empieza a producir su propia semilla de papa
Con la aplicación de técnicas avanzadas en los laboratorios del Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria de Panamá (Idiap) se logró producir semilla de papa nacional, la cual se llevó a los productores de Tierras Altas y se obtuvo la primera cosecha comercial de papa.
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Centroamérica recibe 70 clones de papa del CIP
February 06, 2017
Centroamérica recibe 70 clones de papa del CIP
A finales del primer trimestre estarán llegando los primeros clones desarrollados por el Centro Internacional de la Papa
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Potatoes USA sponsored a U.S. demonstration plot at the Panama-hosted Latin American Potato Congress (known as ALAP).
October 05, 2016
Potatoes USA highlights US seed at ALAP field day in Panama
Potatoes USA sponsored a U.S. demonstration plot at the Panama-hosted Latin American Potato Congress (known as ALAP).
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Resumenes del último congreso de la ALAP
September 07, 2016
Resumenes del último congreso de la ALAP
Con el lema “Sabor y nutrición en un solo lugar”, la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP) realizaron del 22 al 26 de agosto de 2016, el XXVII congreso bianual ALAP, encuentro que reunió connotados investigadores de diversas partes del mundo, productores, empresarios, extensionistas, estudiantes y otros interesados en conocer más sobre la producción de papa.
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Opening Ceremony of the 2016 ALAP congress in Panama.
August 28, 2016
Latin America loses up to 20% of its potato to the drought
Several experts on potato crops stated in Panama that global warming destroyed between 10% and 20% of Latin America's annual potato production and that it had become the main threat faced by this crop, even more than late blight, an aggressive fungus that affects this crop.
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[Triptico] Guía técnica para el cultivo de la papa en Paraguay
August 10, 2016
[Triptico] Guía técnica para el cultivo de la papa en Paraguay
El Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), a través de su Dirección de Extensión Agraria (DEAg) pone a disposición de los interesados un material técnico que contiene una guía práctica para el cultivo de papa (Solanum tuberosum).
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Agriculture in Panama
May 22, 2016
Research suggests highland farmers in Panama could start growing potatoes
According to evaluations performed by the Agricultural Research Institute of Panama (IDIAP), the producers in the highland and medium regions of the province of Cocle could start producing potatoes.
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Panamá ensaya con variedades de papa industrial
March 17, 2015
Panamá ensaya con variedades de papa industrial
Los científicos del Idiap mezclaron genotipos de papas chilenas con siete tipos de tubérculos alemanes
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April 11, 2014
El IDIAP de Panamá produce semilla de papa de alto valor genético
Semillas de papa de alto valor genético y fitosanitario son producidas en los laboratorios del Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria de Panamá (IDIAP) y multiplicadas en campo por productores de Cerro Punta pertenecientes a PROCOSEPA.
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March 27, 2014
Llega a Panamá la papa ‘gourmet’ peruana
Es un tipo de papa que podría empezar a formar parte de la dieta balanceada de las poblaciones económicamente vulnerables de las tierras altas de Chiriquí, Veraguas, Coclé y Herrera.
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May 21, 2013
Panamá: Evalúan variedades de papa para empezar a abastecer las cadenas de comidas rápidas
El Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario (MIDA) viene evaluando unas 28 variedades de papa en búsqueda de las que puedan adaptarse al medio panameño y cumplan con las características que solicitan las cadenas de comidas rápidas que operan en el país.
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March 31, 2012
Panamá: Productores de semilla de papa aplican el sistema SAH
Con la implementación de la tecnología del Sistema Autotrófico Hidropónico (SAH), el cual puede lograr altas tasas de multiplicación en un tiempo más corto, la Asociación de Productores y Comercializadores de Semilla de Papa (Procosepa), del área de Ce...
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April 08, 2010
La superpapa mejorada podrá llegar a los hogares panameños en los próximos tres años
Analizan el cruce futuro entre la variedad nativa que cuenta con resistencia ante las plagas con otras de mayor rendimiento. PANAMÁ. La superpapa mejorada podrá llegar a sus hogares en los próximos tres años cuando culminen dos estudios que se llevan ...
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January 06, 2010
Panamá suspende importación de papa fresca o refrigerada procedente de Europa
La Autoridad Panameña de Seguridad de Alimentos (AUPSA), confirma la suspensión de manera temporal de los resueltos que permiten las importaciones de tubérculos de papas fresca o refrigerada para consumo humano originaria de países Europeos a territori...
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