马铃薯供应链

Roots and tubers already make a substantial contribution to providing food and alleviating poverty in the developing countries.  We are convinced that they will play an increasingly important role as food for the future, particularly in the vulnerable ...

De Nederlandse Aardappel Organisatie (NAO) blikt terug op een redelijk goed afzetseizoen voor de tafelaardappel, maar verwacht een matige afzet voor 2008/2009.Dat laat voorzitter Kees van Arendonk van de NAO weten aan Vakblad Agf. “De aardappel stond i...

Tajikistan’s cotton harvest may have fallen well short of its target in 2008, but in at least one district in the Central Asian nation, potatoes are doing very well. Yet officials at the Ministry of Agricultural in Dushanbe insist they will keep growi...

The 13 major [US] potato States held 242 million cwt of potatoes in storage December 1, 2008, down 9 percent from a year ago and 7 percent below December 1, 2006. Potatoes in storage accounted for 66 percent of the 2008 fall storage States' production,...

Andalusia confirms itself as the leading Autonomous Community in the production of early potato in Spain, with over 364,000 tons and a 75% share of the national market, according to the information offered by the President of the Association of Produce...

LEI Wageningen UR heeft op verzoek van het ministerie van LNV een overzicht gegeven van de gevolgen en mogelijke consequenties van de kredietcrisis voor de Nederlandse agrosector en visserij. Omdat deze sector levensmiddelen produceert is ze minder kwe...

Pepsico is planning to increase its sourcing of raw materials in India from contract farming and venture into new states regarding this.The company's foods business unit, Frito-Lay, procures 50 per cent of potatoes, required for making chips and strips...

Europatat, the European Union of the potato trade, has made an internal evaluation of the activities of the UN International year of the potato 2008.The overview of the activities in Europe shows that in most countries which are represented in Europata...

Booming potato production in the developing world could falter as the global economic slowdown reduces investment, trade and potato farmers' access to credit, a new FAO report warned today.The threat comes at a time when potatoes have become an importa...

La primera dama de la Nación, Pilar Nores de García, lanzó el “papanetón”, un panetón navideño hecho a base de harina de papa. Este producto es posible gracias al esfuerzo de Sierra Exportadora y la empresa privada, con el cual se busca promover el c...

The Government of Canada is making progress towards regaining market access for Alberta seed potato exports to the United States. The Canada-U.S. Potato Committee has put forward a resolution as the basis for the United States Department of Agriculture...

Un agricultor del Líbano ha recogido en uno de sus campos la patata más grande del mundo. Un tubérculo de algo más de once kilos de peso. La enorme patata, con la que a buen seguro se podrá cocinar más de un plato, ha aparecido en un campo del Líbano...

India may be the third largest potato producer in the world but its contribution to global potato trade is merely half a percent, industry officials and experts participating in the Global Potato Conference said here Thursday.

De laatste acht jaar kan men spreken van een stabiel aardappelareaal in België, dat vorig jaar een oppervlakte besloeg van 68.000ha. De pootgoedaardappelteelt nam 2.000ha in beslag, de vroege aardappelen waren goed voor 12.000ha en het grootste deel ...

U.S. potato exports increased at a record pace in the third quarter, up 12 percent by volume from the same period in 2007, according to government trade data.Exports of potatoes and potato products during the July-September period totaled 1.5 billion p...

A farmer in southern Lebanon has dug up what might be the heaviest potato in the world. "This giant weighs 11.3 kilos (24.9 pounds),"Khalil Semhat told the AFP news agency at his farm near Tyre, 85 kilometres (50 miles) south of Beirut. The ...

figures from the Potato Council putting the loss at around 2% of total crop area. This year's crops have fared considerably better and, although there have been some localised losses in the West Midlands, the Scottish Borders and parts of the North an...

The UK’s leading supplier of potatoes has become the first food producer in the country to receive the Carbon Trust Standard. Branston Ltd., which supplies over 400,000 tonnes of fresh potatoes every year, was awarded the accolade in recognition of its...