News on The Potato Supply Chain

Resumen de la ponencia que sobre el tema se presentó en el XXVI Congreso bienal de la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP), celebrado recientemente en Colombia.

Si es aprobado por el por el Congreso, las mujeres de bajos ingresos en Estados Unidos podrán por primera vez pagar por papas con vales subsidiados por el gobierno emitidos por el programa de nutrición infantil Mujeres, Bebés y Niños (WIC).

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board has elected a new executive during its December 10th Board of Directors meeting. Alex Docherty of Elmwood was elected the new Chairman of the Board, succeeding Gary Linkletter, who completed four years as Chairman.

Count the potato among the special interests rewarded in the massive spending deal Congress unveiled this week.

The reward being offered for information leading to the arrest of anyone who put sewing needles in Prince Edward Island potatoes has doubled to CAD 100.000

Restaurants in Japan are rushing to secure supplies of french fries after shipment delays from the US, with one chain readying to airlift 200 tons of fries.

Snack Food Association CEO Tom Dempsey today urged Congress to approve legislation creating a federal standard for labeling food produced with genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Herbert Engineering, the leader in agricultural handling systems, will be attending LAMMA 2015, to showcase its latest grading technology.

Prices of Irish potatoes in Rwanda are likely to stabilise following a new agreement between farmers and City of Kigali traders to establish mutually beneficial cooperation.

The total ware potato harvest in the five North-Western European Potato growers (NEPG) countries - Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain - in 2014 is estimated at more than 28 million tons.

Tamas Houlihan has been named executive director of the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) by the board of directors, effective immediately.

Prince Edward Island potato production has grown by almost five per cent this year following a good growing year and successful harvest.

Agricultural Research Service scientists have bred and released colorful new potato varieties. Some have relatively high levels of beneficial red-to-purple pigments called “anthocyanins,” and others have high levels of yellow-pigmented carotenoids

Resumen de la conferencia magistral que sobre el tema se presentó en el XXVI Congreso bienal de la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP), celebrado en Bogotá entre el 28 de septiembre y el 2 de octubre de 2014.

La mayoría de la papa y la cebolla del país se produce allí; por eso la presión sobre estos ecosistemas, que son reservorios de agua, aumenta con los días.

El proyecto de producción de papa nativa y comercial, desarrollado en el ámbito de influencia del Proyecto Conga, ganó el premio Perú 2021 a la Responsabilidad Social, en la categoría Comunidad.

Una de las líneas de trabajo es el control biológico de la plaga con la suelta de una pequeña avispa que parasita en los huevos e impide su ciclo natural.

The weather might be warming up [well, in Australia that is, not here in Canada...PP] but that isn’t stopping Aussie consumers tucking in to a hearty serve of mashed potato, according to the latest wave of the industry-funded Potato Tracker project.