Potato News from Asia

The West Bengal government is set to keep its three-year-old commitment to ITC.

After repeated unsuccessful attempts to buy out Gujarat-based snacks majors such as Balaji Wafers and A-Top Foods Products, beverage and snacks maker PepsiCo India is in the process of creating its own low-cost foods business and increasing manufactur...

Immediately following the opening of Vietnam to US fresh potatoes, local trade and consumers were given the opportunity to learn about and taste US table-stock potatoes.On July 20th US potatoes were featured at a reception held at the New World Hotel ...

Potato prices may drop as the West Bengal government is all set to offload 1 million tonne (mt) in the market by next week to rapidly cut excess stocks.

The Ministry of Agriculture in Bangladesh is eying to increase the production of tuber crops, especially quality potato seeds and their preservation and distribution in a bid to ensure food security and thus alleviate poverty, reports UNB.

China’s fresh potato production in MY09/10 is estimated at 64 million metric tons (MMT), a 10 percent decrease from the 71 MMT in MY08/09 due to unfavorable weather conditions, which resulted in record high potato prices domestically.

China announced Monday it would investigate whether the European Union (EU) members subsidized exports of potato starch to China, and if so to what extent the subsidies had harmed domestic industries.

For only the fourth time in its 117 year history, Ishida Co., Ltd. has a new company president – Mr. Takahide Ishida.Takahide assumes leadership of Ishida’s worldwide operations from his father, Ryuichi, who held the position for over 42 years and who,...

Although potatoes are for most people not the first food that comes to mind as a source of anti-oxidants, potatoes ARE an important source for healthful anti-oxidants and polyphenols.

Una variedad de papa enriquecida con proteína mediante ingeniería genética se está probando actualmente en la India con propósitos comerciales. Desarrollado por Asis Datta en el Centro Nacional para Investigación en el Genoma Vegetal de la Universidad...

A genetically engineered, protein-enriched potato is being readied for commercial field-testing in India, scientists said.

A new advertising campaign for Frito Lay India's Kurkure snack encourages people to spend time with their families.

Potato evangelist is probably a better descriptor for the managing director of McCain Foods India Pvt. Ltd, the Indian arm of the privately owned Canadian firm that makes one out of every three French fries consumed in the world. Narayanan never misses...

With the mercury level steadily rising across India, potato growers need to switch to new varieties of heat-tolerant seeds for saving their crops, agriculture scientists have suggested.

A centre of the Shimla-based Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) will be set up in West Bengal's West Midnapur district to make quality potato seeds favourable to the state's climatic condition available to the farmers.

In the wake of anticipated fear of acute shortage of potato crop in Pakistan as a consequence of devastation of its large quantity in potato growing areas of Kyber-Pakhtoonkhwa (KP) province, first consignment of Indian potato, comprising 20 to 25 truc...

A total of 1,909 metric tons of fresh US chipping potatoes were shipped to Japan under the February – June 2010 shipping window.

Más de 1,6 millones de personas en el mundo tienen poco o ningún acceso a la electricidad y la mayoría no tienen forma de acceder a tecnologías como como la iluminación eléctrica, los teléfonos móviles o los televisores. Sin embargo, científicos de una...