News on The Potato Supply Chain

Farmers and wholesalers in Jordan have demanded that the government stops the import of potatoes originating in Israel.

The International Potato Center's main partner in Uzbekistan, the National University of Uzbekistan in Tashkent received a US$2.8 million grant from the Government to implement a seed potato multiplication project using the three CIP clones released in the past two years.

La Universidad de Cambridge (Reino Unido) está trabajando en una aplicación para “smartphones” que facilita la medición de la cobertura del suelo en cultivos de papa. "La cobertura del suelo es un insumo clave para cualquier modelo de predicción...

Este catálogo de las papas nativas de Carchi, Cotopaxi, Bolívar y Chimborazo es el primer documento de este tipo para el Ecuador. Esto lo hace una joya única. Pero es necesario también resaltar otras características que reúne este catálogo. Primero, ha...

El innovador seminario-taller denominado: Desarrollando estrategias para agregar valor al producto papa, con expositores nacionales e internacionales, tuvo lugar recientemente en instalaciones del INIA Remehue, y buscó abrir espacios de análisis entre ...

The management board of potato cooperation Agrico has nominated Jan Wolthuis from its members as the new chairman. As such, he succeeds Herman Vermeer, who left in April 2011. During the general meeting of 15 December, Wolthuis was unanimously affirmed...

Two top GB potato industry players are crossing the Atlantic January 4-6 not just to quiz the U.S. industry on its latest techniques at Potato Expo 2012 but to promote the benefits of attending World Potato Congress 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland in May. ...

Zebra chip disease nearly destroyed a large USA potato growing business, its owner and chief executive told the Cambridge University Potato Growers Research Association conference earlier this month.

Nederland heeft in de maand November 2011 72.000 ton aardappelen geëxporteerd.

This was the first year the U.S. Potato Board conducted cut-seed potato trials overseas.

Proposed new dietary guidelines have drawn a mixed reaction from Australia's vegetable growers.

Two senators who recently visited a New Brunswick man held in a Lebanese prison since March say his health is quickly deteriorating and could only get worse.

Organisers of the 2012 World Potato Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland next year have released the names of the first 13 commercial sponsors responsible for over US$230,000-worth of industry support for what promises to be a “highly successful, industry-w...

M&Q Packaging Corporation working closely with customer Agrow Fresh Produce Company of Chicago, IL has provided its MQ36 dual-ovenable steam bag as a key component in Agrow Fresh’s “Simply Season & Steam” fresh petite red potatoes.

A lack of available water could force growers to cut potato areas next spring.

Scottish potato growers were yesterday reminded to exercise particular care in sourcing safe and healthy seed potatoes following the discovery of three cases of ring rot in the Netherlands.

Despite below-average yields in many States, a 7-percent increase in harvested area boosted U.S. production of fall potatoes to an estimated 387.4 million hundredweight (cwt), 6 percent above last year’s crop.

Met een geconsolideerde omzet van € 304 miljoen bij 861.400 ton product heeft de Agrico-groep boekjaar 2010-2011 afgesloten met een recordomzet.