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Europlant vuelve a presentarse en PotatoEurope, la principal feria comercial para la producción de papa (o patata). En esta ocasión expondrá numerosas variedades de propagación ecológica, como Allians, Jelly, Regina y Venezia.

EUROPLANT Pflanzenzucht GmbH is represented this year at PotatoEuropeto and will show their extensive range of table potatoes, including several varieties suitable for organic cultivation.

Farmers, growers and producers looking to enhance their sorting process efficiency should head to PotatoEurope next month, where TOMRA Sorting Food will be demonstrating its Field Potato Sorter.

On 2 and 3 September 2015 the entire potato chain will pass the revue again during Potato Europe in Doornik, Belgium. Dewulf and Miedema will show their most recent potato cultivation technology.

Scientific results of the potato field trials in Flanders and the Netherlands demonstrate that gene stacking is necessary for a strong and lasting resistance to late blight (Phytophthora infestans).

TOMRA Sorting Food has launched a French version of its website to showcase to French-speaking countries the sorting and peeling solutions the company offers.

TOMRA ha lanzado una versión en español de su sitio Web, destacando la importancia de España y los países hispanohablantes en la estrategia operacional global de la empresa.

La papa ha salvado al mundo de hambrunas. Ahora, papas andinas poco conocidas podrían acabar con la malnutrición. El Centro Internacional de la Papa presentó en Bruselas un proyecto regional con aspiraciones globales.

TOMRA has launched a Spanish version of its website, underlining the importance of Spain and other Spanish speaking countries to the company’s global business strategy.

En un encuentro celebrado esta semana en el Parlamento Europeo, las organizaciones representativas de la cadena alimentaria han mostrado su preocupación por la actual legislación de protección de las plantas y el impacto que ésta provoca en la cadena alimentaria.

Starch Europe published today the summary report of an updated Life Cycle Assessment study of the European Starch industry

TOMRA Sorting Solutions has installed a brand new 56 square meter cold room in its test and demonstration center in Leuven, Belgium to facilitate sorting tests and demonstrations of frozen products.

Belgian Potato Supplier Pomuni offers purple potatoes for years, but they are still unfamiliar to many. Pomuni brings purple potatoes in two flavours: Bergerac and Vitelotte.

The North-western European potato area is estimated to decrease by 2.5% to 530,000 hectares in the coming season.

Pomuni, market leader in the Belgian table potatoes market, will this summer introduce the first potato brand in Belgium: Princesse Amadine

Researchers from Ghent University and the International Potato Center have discovered that sweet potatoes naturally contain genes from a bacterium. Because of the presence of this 'foreign' DNA, sweet potato can be seen as a 'natural gmo'.

Potato Processor McCain Foods Belgium plans to shut down its production in Grobbendonk early 2016. The production will be transferred to Leuze-en-Heinaut to a factory of McCain subsidiary Lutosa.

Belgian contract farmer Heyvaert reflects on the investment in a Dewulf Kwatro self-propelled harvester for their 200 ha chicory and 200 ha potatoes operation.