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In Peru, more than 2000 varieties of native potatoes are cultivated. However, the vast majority of them remain unknown by consumers who do not even know five varieties of potato and are not aware of their nutritious values either. This situation is ch...

En Rio Negro una empresa agroalimentaria está haciendo historia. Se trata de Patagonian New Potatoes, que con base en la ciudad de Choele Choel revolucionó el sistema de comercialización de papas entre países distantes, al patentar una estrategia difer...

After five years of field trials, root crop experts at Benguet State University (BSU) in the Phillipines  said Benguet farmers could now plant four new potato varieties which possess the desired dry matter content required by fast-food chains to make ...

The Australian Vegetable and Potato Growers Association says growing your own vegetables could help combat rising food prices and a potential shortage of fresh produce because of the drought.   "We're seeing a shortage of carrots and we could pot...

Dr. Alexander Pavlista of Scottsbluff was elected president of the Potato Association of America in August, during the organization's annual meeting at Idaho Falls, Idaho. The association has more than 700 members, including scientists in university, ...

Walkers Crisps is the first firm to put carbon footprint figures on its products, with nine more companies set to follow. How are these figures calculated?

United Potato Growers of America issued an open letter asking farmers in Idaho to withhold some potato shipments to help shore up potato prices and prevent a shortage later this year. A hot growing season meant farmers dug up fewer potatoes compared...

El Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo, Neiker, tiene como objetivo conseguir una o más variedades de patata que reúnan las características óptimas tanto para el consumo en fresco como para el proceso industrial.

After a long hiatus, Prince Edward Island is exporting potatoes to Argentina. On Wednesday 5,000 tonnes of potatoes, the equivalent of 220 tractor-trailer loads, will be loaded on a boat in Summerside harbour. The shipment is the first in more than a ...

Het rooien van de hoofdoogst zal vanaf volgende week echt op gang komen. Volgens insiders is momenteel 10% van de hoofdoogst gerooid en is ca. 80% van de gewassen doodgespoten.   Er zal worden begonnen met o.a. de rassen Bintje, Maritiema en Innovator,...

Avebe heeft dit seizoen alle aardappelen nodig, concludeert Jos Steenhuis, NAV-lid afdeling Veenkoloniën, na het gesprek met grondstoffendirecteur Addy Risseeuw.   Hoe meer aardappelen Avebe verwerkt, hoe beter de fabrieken worden benut. Dat zorgt voo...

Los ministerios de Agricultura (Minag) y de la Producción están trabajando en conjunto para desarrollar nuevas harinas de camote o papa como alternativa ante el incremento del precio del trigo, informó hoy el titular del Minag, Ismael Benavides.

Very low grain harvests and an increasing interest in crops for bio-ethanol has sent world market grain prices sky-high. Starch potato farmers in the EU are consequently putting heavy pressure on the starch factories to obtain higher prices for their ...

Jim Tiede operates a farm with his son Alex in the Flat of Pleasant valley and the harvest has just begun. Jim said he didn't expect this year's potato yield to be as good as last year's record crop, but he was encouraged by what they found once they ...

The Idaho Potato Commission announced initiatives for its 2007-08 season that include the release of two new commercials with spokesperson Denise Austin and the launch of a major cable television commercial campaign expected to make over a billion con...

Bill Brewer, executive director of the Oregon Potato Commission, said that potato growers are looking for a return to normal production in 2007. "So far, we're happy with the quality,"Mr. Brewer told The Produce News. "Potato growers are...

Futures trading in potato started last year with contracts available on both MCX and NCDEX and things began changing. The MCX contract is based on prices at the cold storage and the NCDEX contract is based on mandi prices at Delhi. The average daily tu...

Het verwerkingscijfer in juli 2007 viel met 187.700 ton aardappelen flink tegen. Uit het overzicht van het HPA (bron) blijkt dat het cijfer de afgelopen 23 maanden nog niet zo is laag geweest. Vorig jaar in juli werden er 214.200 ton aardappelen tot c...