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Rusland heeft aangegeven interesse te hebben in het importeren van 50.000 tot 100.000 ton aardappelen uit Pakistan.

In India, the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) is planning to launch potato spot trading on its exchange from February next year. It will be the first perishable commodity to be traded under this umbrella.

Israel is getting a taste of potatoes grown in Hooghly (West-Bengal, India). Recently, 40 tonnes of potato flakes, processed and packaged at the Pailan Group plant was shipped to Israel on a trial basis.

McDonald's Corp. is planning its biggest ever expansion in China as it faces mounting challenges from competitors and higher food costs amid rising inflation.

Unlike other potato processors that use optical sorters to remove defects on their primary lines, Konya Seker relies on an ADR®5 Automatic Defect Removal System from Key Technology.

Potato seed was provided to farmers in Kanchanpur district free of cost to attract them towards commercial potato farming.

This past month the U.S. Potato Board held its third annual International Chef Seminar. It was conducted in Singapore for chefs from Singapore and Malaysia.

McCain Foods India, which sources potatoes for its french fries and wedges from Deesa in Gujarat, may look at other states such as Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal or Uttar Pradesh to procure potatoes

Potato farmers have lost lakhs of rupees due to destruction of potato crop by a bout of blight, yet, they are yet to receive any relief money from the Agricultural Department.

Authorities yesterday suspended the license of a Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) seed dealer in Rajshahi after they seized 118 sacks of 'illegal' potato seeds from his possession the previous night.

Potato price in West Bengal inched up by more than Rs 200-250 a quintal over the last few days on account of a crop failure in the southern markets.

American iconic brand McDonald’s wants to take a bigger bite of China.

A growing shortage of farm hands and smaller land holdings are forcing many farmers to mechanise their farms, allowing multinational agri implement companies to tap into Indian market.

Consumers of potatoes in the east and south of India will probably have to shell out more than his counterpart in the north, at least for the next two months.

The prosperity index of equipment manufacturing industry from China Economic Monitoring Center indicated that after the seasonal adjustment, the growth rate of packaging equipments in Q3 reached 37.2 percent year on year.

In Bangladesh, the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up an extensive plan to cultivate potato in all the seven Upazilas [subdistricts] of the district Gaibandha during the current Rabi [dry] season.

Potato prices crashed by about Rs 100/quintal following release of stocks held by the West Bengal Government in the market.

A 'volatile' supply from India and a bad crop this year may lead to an increase in potato prices in Bangladesh ahead of the season approaching Bakr Eid, a media report said.