News on The Potato Supply Chain

Miguel Quevedo,especialista en papa de la Dirección General de Promoción Agraria (DGPA): Comentó que, en el 2006, había una demanda de 120 mil toneladas de papa fresca para pollerías y en el 2007 alcanzó las 140 mil toneladas. Para el cierre de este ...

"We have all the potatoes we need,"said Miller, production supervisor at Gibble's Potato Chips in Chambersburg. Pennsylvania, with 19 potato chip manufacturers and a reputation as "the snack food capital of the world,"appears to ha...

Tras varios meses de trabajo y luego de haberse conocido los resultados del estudio de mercado que solicitó la Fundación para la Innovación Agraria (FIA), el 20 de mayo se constituyó oficialmente el Consorcio Tecnológico de la Papa, el cual está integr...

The West Bengal government, along with the West Bengal Cold Storage Association (WBCSA), has launched an awareness campaign with an aim to increase per capita consumption of potato as well as prevent losses made by farmers. The programme comes in line ...

Seeking to debunk some of the misconceptions about consumption of potatoes, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) said it was low in calories, cholesterol, naturally fat-free, nutritious and had cholesterol-lowering properties. Coming forward to support...

Potato growers can only watch as some of their crops rot in the ground after being submerged in water. Crops grown on riverbanks and in low-lying fields have been worst hit by the recent monsoon-like conditions. Foliage on some crops has started to yel...

The West Bengal government, along with the West Bengal Cold Storage Association (WBCSA), has launched an awareness campaign with an aim to increase per capita consumption of potato as well as prevent losses made by farmers. The programme comes in line ...

Indonesia is the largest potato-producing nation in Southeast Asia with an annual production of 1.1 million tons, a minister said. "Indonesia is the largest potato-producing country in Southeast Asia. The prospects for potato production in the wor...

Una delegación de periodistas gastronómicos de los más importantes medios de comunicación de Chile que visita el Perú destacó hoy la campaña de promoción y de revaloración de la papa que se realiza en el país y reconoció la calidad de los platos elabor...

Sole supply agreements in the potato processing sector are helping to improve profits, reduce waste and raise quality. An £8.4m investment by H J Heinz at its Westwick factory, just north of Norwich, is good news for potato growers in the area, says Ia...

Demand for potatoes from Colorado’s San Luis Valley could be even stronger than first anticipated, following hailstorms Aug. 16-17 expected to reduce volumes from the region. The storms, which cut a mile-wide swathe near the towns of Center and Mosca, ...

El INIA viene trabajando en las caracterización de 100 variedades de papas nativas de las 500 que existen en la actualidad. Es un trabajo conjunto con los agricultores pues ellos las siembran y el INIA se encarga de los estudios para la elaboración de ...

Lo hace para situarse en las 89.300 ha en 2007 distribuidas entre Castilla y León, Andalucía y Galicia. En total, la producción durante el pasado año alcanzó los 2,5 millones de tn, aunque los precios, a partir de abril, cayeron a niveles de 2004. En e...

The U.S. Potato Board launched a national print advertising campaign today as part of its continued effort to educate consumers about the nutritional benefits of potatoes. "Peel Back the Truth"inquisitively tackles potato nutrition myths and ...

Japan is planning to label consumer goods to show their carbon footprints in a bid to raise public awareness about global warming, an official said Tuesday. Under the plan, a select range of products from beverages to detergent will carry markings on ...

Every year, during the early summer about 100 trainee potato inspectors are to be found walking through numbered rows of plants in a large field on the outskirts of Edinburgh. At the end of their course at Gogarbank Farm outside the capital, the inspec...

A virus that commonly infects potatoes bears a striking resemblance to one of the key proteins implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and researchers have used that to develop antibodies that may slow or prevent the onset of AD. In the August 15 Jour...

East Anglian potato growers have a valuable chance to get a grip on rapidly escalating input costs, with an exciting presentation of the latest ideas and innovations in potato agronomy at the East Anglian Potato Event, taking place on 4 September at St...