News on The Potato Supply Chain from Asia

Satnam Agro Products, established by farmer-turned-entrepreneur Mandeep Singh has set up a state-of-the-art potato processing plant at a cost of Rs 63 crore at Jalandhar. Singh is hoping to launch next month French Fries made out of locally grown Chip...

A separate policy on potato and introduction of public-private partnership (PPP) model are required to address the problem of seed shortage faced by farmers, experts said here on Monday. “There is a need to have a separate policy on potato as it is one...

China fresh potato production in MY07/08 is forecast at 75.6 million tons, up 5 percent from the previous year as a result of growing consumer demand. Average fresh potato prices have risen 15 percent annually over the previous three years. Processed ...

Syria's government renewed a ban on Lebanese  potatoes entering the country on Wednesday, claiming that the produce does not have a proper health certificate. Last week, Lebanese Agriculture Minister Talal Sahli persuaded his Syrian counterpart to lif...

China gaat de teelt van aardappelen en de verwerking ervan fors stimuleren. Het aardappelareaal moet in drie jaar tijd met 1,67 miljoen hectare toenemen naar 6,67 miljoen hectare. China wil zo de onafhankelijkheid op akkerbouwgebied veiligstellen en ...

China will step up potato production and related industries to improve the world's most populous nation's grain security and help boost income for its millions farmers.While addressing a recent national-level meeting on development of potato-based ind...

Centro Internationale de la Patata–East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific (CIP-ESEAP) regional leader Fernando Ezeta, who visited potato farms in Benguet in the Philippines, said developed countries demand for organic potatoes which is an avenue to o...

The United States Potato Board (USPB) is tapping into the food and bakery business in Thailand by promoting the use of dehydrated potatoes. The USPB, a non-profit organisation that represents potato growers, is working with the Thai food industry to...

After five years of field trials, root crop experts at Benguet State University (BSU) in the Phillipines  said Benguet farmers could now plant four new potato varieties which possess the desired dry matter content required by fast-food chains to make ...

Futures trading in potato started last year with contracts available on both MCX and NCDEX and things began changing. The MCX contract is based on prices at the cold storage and the NCDEX contract is based on mandi prices at Delhi. The average daily tu...

China is now accusing the United States of shipping contaminated products there. It's the latest round in the battle over unsafe products. China's safety chief says tests found "poisonous and dangerous substances"in almost 22 tons of frozen...

ITC’s latest acquisition may seem like an extension of its presence in the agri-inputs space. The Zuari group’s seed potato business Technico Pty in Australia will add to its agri-input business. But just as trading in wheat gives it an edge in sourci...

Members of the Provincial Agriculture and Fisheries Council (PAFC) agreed here recently to apply for variety protection the Igorota PO3, a high quality potato seed, before the government's intellectual property rights office. The variety was bred at th...

Diversified major ITC Ltd, which launched potato chips under the brand Bingo, has taken over Australian agri-biotech company Technico Pty Ltd for an undisclosed sum, as part of a strategy to strengthen its foods business. An ITC spokesperson said th...

As drought continues to wreak havoc on China's farmland, agriculture experts are considering moving away from the traditional staple food - rice - and encouraging farmers to plant potatoes instead. "The potato is more drought-resistant than rice ...

A battle being fought between biggies like Pepsico, Reliance Retail and ITC one that could decide who makes the crisper chip. For the past seven years contract farming has ensured Pepsico to source 40 per cent of its need from Western Maharashtra, pota...