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五月 22, 2008
McDonald's switches to transfat free frying oils
The McDonald's Corp. has completed its changeover to cooking oil with no trans fat at its restaurants in the U.S. and Canada The world's largest restaurant chain is now cooking French fries, hash browns, Filet-O-Fish sandwiches and chicken in a blend ...From the archive

五月 20, 2008
Costa Rica develops Phythophtora resistant Potato Varieties
After three long years of study, the Instituto Nacional de Innovación y Transferencia en Tecnologí Agropecuaria (INTA, or the National Institute for Innovation and Transference of Agricultural Technology) has made a potato breakthrough, and five new ty...From the archive

五月 19, 2008
Food4You: aardappel staat centraal
Food4you, de uitmarkt voor voeding en gezondheid, wordt dit jaar voor de tweede keer georganiseerd van 1 tot 5 oktober in Wageningen. Het festival dat alle voedingskennis bundelt en open staat voor kenners én leken geeft dit jaar bijzondere aandacht aa...From the archive

五月 19, 2008
Peru: women are the guardians of potato diversity
In South America’s Andes mountain region, indigenous women have traditionally been responsible for selecting, conserving and managing seed potatoes from the countless native varieties of the crop, thus ensuring diversity and continued production while ...From the archive

五月 16, 2008
Bangladesh: Potatoes rotting in storage due to erratic power
Erratic power supply and low voltage are hampering the smooth operations of cold storage facility, destroying a significant amount of the produce. “My cold storage requires between 380 and 440 voltage to run smoothly but I also take the risk of runnin...From the archive

五月 16, 2008
Five million ton Canadian potatoes and how to prepare them
Five million tonnes of spuds. That's how many potatoes Canadian farmers produce each year. Most of those are processed and sliced into potato chips or frozen into french fries for fast-food joints here and around the world. But there is a multitude of...From the archive
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五月 16, 2008
Te weinig geld voor Erwinia bestrijding
Het Deltaplan Erwinia kan vooralsnog slechts deels worden uitgevoerd, omdat de financiering nog lang niet rond is. "Het economische- en milieubelang van erwiniabestrijding wordt nog te veel onderschat", zegt PRI-onderzoeker Anton Haverkort...From the archive

五月 15, 2008
Erwinia in pootgoedaardappelen kost handel 5 miljoen per jaar
De Nederlandse Aardappelorganisatie (NAO) gaat in de komende vijf jaar jaarlijks 240.000 euro uittrekken om het Erwinia-probleem in pootgoedaardappelen aan te pakken. De bacterie betekent een enorme schadepost voor zowel teelt als handel. De telers z...From the archive

五月 15, 2008
Bangladesh tells its people to “Think potato, grow potato and eat potato,”
Dhaka: Potatoes are not high on the menu for Bangladesh’s 140 million people, but a surge in rice and wheat prices has prompted the government to popularize the humble spud as a substitute food. “Think potato, grow potato and eat potato,” was the ma...From the archive

五月 14, 2008
White potatoes back in US federal nutrition program WIC
White potatoes are due to be back in a federal nutrition program for low-income women and children. After lobbying by Idaho's congressional delegation, the potato was included from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's nutrition programs, including the...From the archive

五月 11, 2008
UK minister gives go-ahead for new GM potato trial
Ministers have given permission for thousands of GM potatoes to be grown in Britain, a decision that is bound to provoke a new confrontation with environmentalists. Hilary Benn, the Secretary of State for the Environment , has agreed to let scientis...From the archive

五月 08, 2008
World Potato Congress invites nominations for Industry Awards
The President of the World Potato Congress (WPC) Inc. Mr Allan Parker, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the Chairman of the WPC Awards Committee, Mr Douglas (Doug) Harley, Kinross, Scotland, have announced that nominations are now being called for t...From the archive

五月 08, 2008
Bangladesh holds potato fair to popularize it as staple food
The Bangladeshi caretaker government has arranged a three-day mega potato fair in capital Dhaka with companies and hotels showcasing recipes to popularizes the vegetable as a top food item to ease pressure off the main staple rice. The country's first ...From the archive

五月 08, 2008
Govt decision to ban potato futures questioned
Potato farmers and traders have questioned the government's rationale behind banning futures trading in the crop when there is a glut in the market and prices have declined due to bumper production. "There was no reason for the government to ban ...From the archive

五月 08, 2008
P.E.I. donates spuds to Boston food bank despite hard times
The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is donating 18,000 kilogram of top-quality spuds to the Greater Boston Food Bank. The donation is part of International Year of the Potato. Ivan Noonan, a board spokesman, says Boston is a very important market f...From the archive

五月 07, 2008
EU delays decision on licensing to grow new biotech crops
The European Commission has delayed decisions on licensing the cultivation of three biotech crops.This raises new doubts about whether the EU will live up to promises to open its market to genetically modified foods.EU officials say the two corn and o...From the archive

五月 07, 2008
Switzerland: Euro 2008 fans can have their french fries
The Swiss government has agreed to ease restrictions on the importation of potatoes following fears that Euro 2008 football fans could face a shortage of French fries next month. A spokesman for the country's department of agriculture told national ra...From the archive

五月 06, 2008
Regional potato extension/research group (NCERA) meets
The NCERA (North Central Research and Extension Activity) 205 group met in East Lansing during late March 2008. The group was composed of members from Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado and Nebraska potato industries. Michigan atten...From the archive