News on The Potato Supply Chain from the Americas

Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) Potato Committee Chair Keith Kuhl announced recently that Mark Drouin has been named Vice President, Potatoes effective October 19, 2010.

El gobierno paraguayo prohibió la importación y utilización del insecticida endosulfán en cultivos hortícolas y frutales por considerarlo tóxico para los humanos, según un comunicado divulgado el jueves por el estatal Servicio Nacional de Calidad y San...

Potato ring rot has shown up on at least two Prince Edward Island farms, the provincial Department of Agriculture has confirmed

Potatoes in all shapes, colors and presentations were a hit at Latin America’s biggest ‘foodie’ get together this year, and highlighted the fact that biodiversity can be delicious

Potato growers across the United States appear to have finished digging the 2010 crop, but a few potatoes remain in the ground on Canada's Prince Edward Island.

Los campesinos y cooperativista de la provincia de Ciego de Ávila, aplican la regulación de plagas en el cultivo de la papa, con medios biológicos a través del sistema del fertirriego, experimento utilizado en las Empresas de Cultivos varios el Mambí y...

A controversial bid to buy public land in southern Alberta to grow potatoes has been withdrawn, Sustainable Resource Development Minister Mel Knight confirmed today.

Among the hundreds of potato varieties that North Dakota State University researchers work with, some are certainly eye-catching.

Research by Professor Manuel Ospina-Giraldo on Phytophthora Infestans - the organism that caused the Irish Potato Famine - is being funded as part of a $999,900 “Education in Genomics-Based Microbial Forensics” grant from the United States Department of Agriculture.

La investigación realizada por el profesor Manuel Ospina Giraldo sobre el organismo que causó la hambruna de la papa en Irlanda, será financiada por el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA), a través de una subvención de US$ 999.900 ...

Papas en todas las formas, colores y presentaciones fueron un éxito total en la más grande feria ‘gourmet’ de América Latina realizada este año, y pusieron de manifiesto que la biodiversidad puede ser deliciosa, buena para la ciencia, buena para el pal...

After two straight subpar autumns, potato growers on Prince Edward Island, Canada, are breathing a sigh of relief that 2010 has gone so well.

Prince Edward Island's potato harvest is almost complete for the year and producers in the province say they're optimistic about prices.

International marketing programs like those of the United States Potato Board (USPB) aim to increase export sales for US potato growers, but they serve a valuable purpose during a market downturn as well

Pueden ser pequeños, pero suponen un aporte de gran alcance. Los parientes silvestres de la papa que consumimos diariamente pueden ser la clave para superar uno de los enemigos más despiadados del cultivo. Un estudio publicado recientemente por cient...

Klamath Basin Fresh Direct have found a way with their packaging, which is developed by Fox Packaging, to stop 99% of damaging light from reaching their potatoes. Potatoes are very sensitive to light and will turn green when they are exposed to light for too long.

They may be small but they pack a powerful punch. The wild relatives of the familiar potato varieties we find on our plates may yet hold the key to overcoming one of the crop’s most vicious enemies.