News on The Potato Supply Chain

Potato growers and traders in Bangladesh are apprehending that about one million (ten lakh) tonnes of stored potatoes may remain unsold this year in the country due to over production and less consumption ratio, reports BSS.

Productores y comerciantes de papa en Bangladesh temen que cerca de un millón de toneladas de tubérculos (10 lacs) puedan permanecer sin vender este año debido a la sobre producción y a una menor tasa de consumo, según la agencia de noticias BSS. La p...

Ondernemerschap, kennis en voortdurende investeringen zijn volgens leden van LTO Noord, ZLTO en LLTB belangrijk voor de toekomst van hun land- en tuinbouwbedrijven.

The effects of a lingering recession continued to keep visits to U.S. restaurants down for the eighth consecutive quarter this past spring, but the rate of decline eased over the same quarter a year ago, according to The NPD Group, a leading market re...

Full scale local potato production in Fiji will become a reality in three years' time, according to permanent secretary for Agriculture Colonel Mason Smith.

Actualizar e intercambiar experiencias sobre el mejoramiento de los sistemas de producción de semilla de papa en América Latina es uno de los principales objetivos del Curso Internacional sobre este tema que comenzará el lunes 20 de setiembre. De esta...

Bloomberg: Procter &Gamble Co. was in talks to merge its Pringles unit with Diamond Foods Inc. before halting negotiations last month on concern about the deal’s structure, according to people with direct knowledge of the discussions.

Potato growers in the Ballarat region (South Australia) are continuing negotiations over pricing for the next harvest with the food processor McCain.

De UGent, ILVO, VIB en HoGent kondigen een samenwerking aan rond een onderzoeksproject naar duurzame, genetisch gewijzigde Phytophthora-resistente aardappelen.

Six months before the start of FRUIT LOGISTICA 2011, the leading international trade fair for the fresh produce trade is almost fully booked.

Las papas fritas son un elemento indispensable en la cultura gastronómica del Ecuador y la base de un negocio que se ve en cualquier parte: la venta de las conocidas ‘salchipapas’. Basta con recorrer establecimientos educativos, centros comerciales o ...

Canada's provincial health ministers are ordering up mandatory sodium limits for packaged and prepared foods if voluntary measures don't shake out as hoped -- and are urging Ottawa to adopt the new targets.

Russia will have to import over 4 million tonnes of potato according to Agriculture Minister, Elena Skrynnik, following a pessimistic forecast of the drought impact on potato crops. Skrynnik said the drought would cause major potato losses.

De NEPG (North-Western European Potato Growers), de vijf landen met de belangrijkste aardappelproductie, hebben berekend dat de totale consumptieaardappelenoogst 2 miljoen ton minder zal zijn dan vorig jaar.

De burgemeester van Dongeradeel, mevrouw M. Waanders, heeft onder belangstelling van alle HZPC-medewerkers het nieuwe kassencomplex van HZPC in Metslawier formeel in gebruik gesteld.

After a battle lasting almost 25 years, Western Australia's $45 million potato industry has been declared free of the devastating potato cyst nematode (PCN).

United Kingdom's Potato chip manufacturer Walkers is making sure that every cloud has a silver lining this autumn by giving out heaps of cash whenever the heavens open.