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This is a link to the Indian Food and Drink Blog of Vir Sanghvi. In this post Vir Sanghvi addresses McCain Foods India and some of their products.An exerpt:"Contrary to what I believed, Mr Narayanan was not just some import manager for McCain’s. H...

The Agricultural Ministry of China and the International Potato Center (CIP) last week signed an agreement to launch the new CIP-China Center for Asia and the Pacific (CCCAP) in Beijing. The center, located at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Scien...

Seventy per cent of potato crops suffered extensive damage in the Famagusta district, farmers complained yesterday. Akel deputy Yiannakis Gabriel told reporters the damage caused to crops due to the past three nights’ freezing temperatures had brought...

The average Canadian eats 30 pounds of french fries per year. In China, per capita consumption is less than 3½ ounces. McCain Foods Ltd. is trying to turn the figures for Asia's largest country around.And there is hope for McCain, whose biggest fast-f...

Altos funcionarios del Ministerio de Agricultura de la China –incluido el ministro del sector, Han Changfu– y del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) estuvieron presentes en la ceremonia formal de suscripción de la creación del Centro Internacional ...

Top officials from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, including Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture, and from the International Potato Center (CIP) gathered today in a formal signing ceremony to launch the CIP-China Center for Asia and the Pacific (...

McCain Foods India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of McCain Foods Ltd. Canada, has introduced a unique product - Masala Fries for the Institutional customers. The product has been introduced at Hosts 2010 being held in Mumbai annually. It is India’s fi...

With the arrival of potato crop in Punjab, a study released by Punjab Agriculture Univeristy (PAU) Ludhiana has advised farmers to sell their potato harvest in the month of March when the prices are expected to touch Rs 575-610 per quintal.

Un proyecto de tres años del CIP está impulsando la producción de papa mediante variedades que han sido mejoradas y probadas para adaptarse mejor a la sequía e incremento de temperaturas que está afectando a diversos países del centro y suroeste de Asi...

Potato material from the International Potato Center (CIP) is helping farmers to enhance food and income security in Central and Southwest Asia in the face of climate change.

Over 40,000 farmers in Munshiganj (District in Bangladesh , see map) have cultivated potatoes this year, beating all records of potato acreage in the alluvial floodplains of the district. But farmers are daunted by persistent foggy weather in the last...

A large number of small and marginal potato growers in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts are worried before harvesting the produce as they failed to book space for potato preservation in the local cold storages. Farmers have blamed 'nexus' [a link] ...

JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT) announced today that its JBT FoodTech business has signed a $6.1 million contract to supply freezing solutions for a new plant in Hau Giang province, Vietnam. The contract is with Minh Phu Seafood Joint Stock Company (MPC).

Will the futures trading force several food processing industries in India to close shop? That is one concern many food-based industries are facing in India due to the soaring prices of agriculture commodities. Many industrialists in India believe tha...

KMC is responding to the increasing interest from Iranian customers to our range of potato based products by joining hands with the leading Iranian trading and investment company – Arsha Pouyeh Trade and Investment Co.Arsha Pouyeh has a very high comme...

It is hard to believe that the humble chip has become so contentious across the globe. A potent symbol of American business success but also a virtual pariah in the United States, it’s been patronised by presidents, played a prominent role in several w...

Prices of potato, a must on most Indian tables, have started moderating, falling anywhere 15-20% on the back of strong arrivals across major mandis in the country. During the last one year, the humble tuber’s price had more than doubled. In the Jalandh...

The United States Potato Board (USPB) Philippine Representative Office organized a Thanksgiving Dinner for its trade partners and media who have been supportive of US frozen potato products and events over the past several years. The dinner was held at...