News on The Potato Supply Chain from the Americas

Con este nombre se realizó el 11 de Marzo del 2014, en la ciudad de Quito, un evento en el cuál participaron más de 70 actores públicos y privados vinculados a la cadena de valor de la papa en el país.

Potatoes are scarce in Cuba. Cuban weekly 'Trabajadores' reported last Monday, that the import prices for seed potatoes have risen sharply and as a result only half the area of last year has been planted.

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.

El Programa “Cosechando” de Agrobanco entrevistó al Ing. Rolando Egúsquiza Bayona, docente de la Universidad Nacional Agraria de La Molina (Perú), sobre el almacenamiento de la papa.

Cavendish Farms potato farming operations in Presque Isle, Maine are being suspended indefinitely.

There are two likely scenarios facing U.S. potato growers in the 2014-15 season, and neither of them is sunny, according to Jerry Wright, president and chief executive officer of the United Potato Growers of America, Salt Lake City.

Predio de Julio Fernández, actual presidente del Consorcio Papa Chile S.A, albergará el proyecto impulsado por el Consorcio e INIA, que busca aumentar el volumen del producto certificado en el mercado y, en definitiva, mejorar el rubro a partir de ...

Un equipo técnico del INTA compartió información sobre tecnologías de cosecha y poscosecha para aumentar y mejorar la diversidad varietal de la producción en la isla.

Manitoba potato farmers could face steeper cuts in contracted potato production unless they can become more cost competitive with other areas of North America, a senior official with McCain Foods says.

La inminente llegada de la polilla Tuta absoluta, que barrena las hortalizas y ocasiona la pérdida total del cultivo, preocupa y alerta al sector agrícola nacional.

Idaho potato farmers who sell to McCain Foods have agreed to a contract that maintains roughly the same pricing as last season, said Dan Hargraves, who negotiated on their behalf as executive director of Southern Idaho Potato Cooperative.

El pasado 27 de febrero representantes del sector productivo le presentaron al Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural un proyecto que busca conseguir recursos por $70 mil millones. Esta semana tendrán respuesta.

Twenty-four potato growers and industry representatives joined together to form the 2014 class of the Potato Industry Leadership Institute (PILI), an annual program jointly administered by the National Potato Council (NPC) and the United States Potato Board (USPB) that identifies and cultivates the next generation of leaders within the industry.

Alejandra Arce, a Ph.D. student in the Genetic Resource Program in collaboration with the Social Sciences and Health Program of the International Potato Center (CIP).

The third largest manufacturer of Sweet Potato Fries in North America - Russet House, has launched Organic Sweet Potato Fries.

Mario Coca Morante es un investigador boliviano que posee un amplio conocimiento del cultivo en su país. En este documento nos da su visión sobre la nueva realidad de la producción de papa en Bolivia

Kathleen Triou - former VP of Domestic Marketing for the U.S. Potato Board - has accepted an offer to lead Fresh Solutions Network (FSN).

Sandi Aarestad who operates Valley Tissue Culture near Halstad, Minnesota received the Meritorious Service Award from the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association