Potato News

El día 28 de Noviembre del presente, se realizó en la ciudad de Ipiales (Nariño), un taller donde se mostraron algunos de los posibles impactos del cambio climático (CC), en la agricultura de pequeña escala de la región.

Representantes del CIP y de varias organizaciones se reunieron en Cusco para definir el proceso de elaboracio?n de un DVD interactivo orientado a la conservacio?n de los recursos gene?ticos de las comunidades.

En 11 años, el Centro de Investigaciones, Ciencia y Tecnología de la Escuela Militar de Ingeniería (EMI) ha trabajado en más de 30 especies, entre flores y tubérculos.

Corn oil significantly reduces cholesterol with more favorable changes in total cholesterol (TC) and LDL-C than extra virgin olive oil, new research shows.

Iniciativa productiva que nace por voluntad del presidente Rafael Correa cuando el año pasado afirmó que se debería trabajar para que toda la producción del Ecuador, tanto agrícola y pecuaria, tuviera genética de calidad y semillas certificadas.

The AVEBE potato starch concern has reached a new Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) with the trade unions.

Según Fedepapa, gremio que agrupa a la mayor parte de los productores de papa en Colombia, los insectos plaga de mayor importancia económica que atacan al tubérculo son la Polilla Guatemalteca, la Palomilla y el Gusano Blanco.

As part of the zero-waste commitment for its manufacturing operation, PepsiCo's agriculture team in Turkey invested in anaerobic digestion technology several years ago to handle the organic waste created there.

Russia is a huge producer of potatoes and is the third largest potato producer in the world. In 2012, Russia produced 29.5 million metric tons of potatoes. Only 13% is produced by agricultural enterprises: 79% is produced by private households.

Grimme has introduced its flagship Varitron 470 four-row self-propelled potato harvester to the UK. One machine has been undergoing testing in East Anglia, while another has already been sold for red beet harvesting.

A revolutionarised way of growing potatoes in sacks is set to significantly transform the lives of women and the youth from Harare South in Zimbabwe who have embraced this method in a big way.

There's nothing quite like the mouth-watering taste and smell of an oven-baked jacket potato, so McCain has specially designed a 'Jacket Taxi' which did just that.

Under a bilateral deal with lead potato seed producer the Netherlands, the government has cleared four new potato seed varieties for use by local farmers.

A number of southwestern Idaho communities are bracing for the planned closure of three Simplot plants.

A new University of Idaho economic report shows potato procution costs have held steady.

WILD Flavors, Inc. (WILD) has acquired Alfrebro, LLC, a leading manufacturer of natural extracts and aroma chemicals, advanced proprietary technologies, and expanded processing capabilities.

Red Emma, Blue Elise, Pink fir apple and Sieglinde: The Austrian association "Arche Noah"together with supermarket chain Spar are working towards providing selections of rare potato varieties.

Owners of an old carpet factory in Devonport (Tasmania) have held informal talks with the Devonport City Council about a conversion to a potato processing factory.