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六月 04, 2008
Guia de la buenas practicas de procesamiento para la produccion artesanal de la tunta
Esta guía tiene por finalidad difundir las “buenas prácticas de procesamiento” (BPP) para la elaboración artesanal de la tunta, con el propósito de promover la producción de alimentos que no constituyan un riesgo para la salud y cumplan con las carac...From the archive

六月 04, 2008
Peru offers emergency credit for poor potato farmers to offset rising farming costs
President Alan Garcia says his government will offer Peru's potato farmers an emergency microcredit amid rising farming costs. Garcia told reporters that the program would provide financial aid to potato farmers dealing with the rising prices of fertil...From the archive

六月 04, 2008
Los Angeles implemented a voluntary program in which restaurants can be certified as 'trans fat free'
Los Angeles County has implemented a voluntary program in which restaurants can be certified as "trans fat free"and receive a decal to display that fact to customers.Both the city and county of Los Angeles considering banning the use of trans...From the archive

六月 03, 2008
Landbouwmarktbureau ZMP: duits aardappelareaal loopt dit seizoen licht terug
Uitgaande van de eerste, voorlopige inschattingen is voor de teelt 266.000 hectare ingeruimd. Dat is 3,3 procent minder dan vorig jaar toen de teeltoppervlakte 275.000 hectare omvatte.De langjarige neergaande trend - die vorig jaar werd onderbroken met...From the archive

六月 03, 2008
Peru and Chile each lay claim to being the home of the potato
Peru and Chile, long-time rivals, are each laying claim to the humble vegetable, which experts agree is indigenous to South America and was spread to Europe by Spanish colonists in the 16th century. At stake is the reflected glory of being the home of ...From the archive

六月 02, 2008
Professor Eric Tollens over de werldwijde voedselcrisis
Over de wereldwijde voedselcrisis heeft iedereen de voorbije weken zijn zegje gedaan, van de Groene Kring tot voormalig Sovjetleider Michail Gorbatsjov.Maar wat moeten we tot hiertoe onthouden van alle reacties en intentieverklaringen? Wat moet er vera...From the archive
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六月 02, 2008
EFSA Acrylamide risk opinion remains unchanged
Efforts to reduce acrylamide remain a priority as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concludes risk assessments regarding the carcinogen will stay the same. EFSA organised a scientific colloquium in Italy last month, to debate how the current po...From the archive

六月 01, 2008
Potato oversupply in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi farmers produced a record eight million tonnes of potato in a year that has witnessed a steep fall in rice production caused by floods and a cyclone that hit last November. Facing a dual challenge of importing rice and saving the potato’s ...From the archive

六月 01, 2008
Wereldbank pompt 6 miljard dollar in landbouw
De Wereldbank stelt dit jaar zes miljard euro ter beschikking voor de financiering van landbouwprojecten. De Amerikaanse voorzitter Robert Zoellick gaat volgende week naar de FAO-voedseltop met een arsenaal aan schenkingen, leningen en verzekeringen. &...From the archive

六月 01, 2008
Oranjekoorts in aardappelopslagloods
De aardappelloods van aardappelverwerkingsbedrijf Schaap Holland in Biddinghuizen wordt omgebouwd tot een oranje Kartoffelarena.Vanaf zaterdag kunnen hier de verrichtingen van het Nederlands elftal tijdens het Europees kampioenschap voetbal worden gevo...From the archive

五月 30, 2008
State-of-the-Art Potato Storage Facility Opened in Tasmania
Braddon MHA Bryan Green says a new state-of-the-art storage facility on the North-West Coast builds on the region’s reputation as Australia’s premier potato-growing area.Mr Green today officially opened the $2 million development undertaken by long tim...From the archive

五月 28, 2008
Chile y Perú se pelean por el origen de la papa
Chile y Perú, enfrentados desde hace meses por un conflicto de límites marítimos que aún aguarda un fallo en La Haya, y desde mucho antes por la autoría del pisco, inauguraron esta semana un nuevo diferendo al enfrentarse por la propiedad del origen d...From the archive

五月 27, 2008
Heinz Sets Sustainability Goal of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 20 Percent by 2015
The H. J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) announced today a milestone company goal: to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2015. This effort is part of Heinz’s sustainability vision, to be a trusted leader in nutrition and wellness, dedicat...From the archive

五月 26, 2008
Processed potato has overtaken fresh potato in terms of output and turnover.
Between 1995 and 2005 processed potato output rose from five million tonnes to over 10 and the value of these transactions doubled from 2,000 million dollars to almost 4,000. Fresh potato was worth less than 2,500 million dollars for an output of just...From the archive

五月 26, 2008
GAIN Report: Oil Seeds and Products India 2008
MY 2008/09 total oilseed production is forecast at 36 million tons, up 6 percent over MY 2007/08, mainly due to an anticipated increase in soybean and peanut production in response to prevailing high prices. MY 2008/09 edible oil imports are forecast a...From the archive

五月 26, 2008
Milieubelasting van grote aardappeltelers relatief minder dan kleine telers
Grotere aardappeltelers gebruikten in de periode 2004 tot en met 2006 meer fungiciden bij de gewasbescherming, maar de kosten en de milieubelasting zijn lager. Dat schrijft het Productschap Akkerbouw in de uitgave Phytophthora info. Het hogere verbruik...From the archive

五月 24, 2008
Aardappelsector bindt strijd aan tegen aardappelcysteaaltjes
In 2010 wordt de aardappelcysterichtlijn van kracht. Hiermee wil Europa de verspreiding van het aardappelcysteaaltje een halt toeroepen. In Vlaanderen worden vooral bintjes geteeld, een ras dat niet resistent is tegen de aaltjes. Begin dit jaar is o...From the archive

五月 22, 2008
Potato prospects in Indonesia face many challenges
With its high rate of growth, high yield and low water consumption, the potato has become the world's fourth major food crop in the world, but its prospects in Indonesia face many challenges, a representative for Indonesia's chapter of the Food and Agr...From the archive