Noticias

Institute of Informatics and Development (IID) organized two dissemination workshops titled “Increasing efficiency and inclusiveness in Agriculture: Findings of the Jute and Potato supply chain study”.

The Specialty Potato Alliance promises US consumers this season a wide choice of potato varieties: “This season we have everything,” noted the elated Richard Leibowitz commenting on Alliances’ spring harvest in Bakersfield. “We are going to have the...

En pleno desierto del municipio de Uribia, en la Alta Guajira, donde se alcanzan temperaturas que llegan hasta los 40 grados centígrados y los suelos son áridos, se recogió la primera cosecha de papa, un alimento que en nuestro país, solo se produce en climas fríos.

Estan disponibles las memorias del Encuentro Regional de Sistemas No Convencionales de Semilla, celebrado entre el 26-27 de abril de 2012 en Santa Catalina, Ecuador.Los siguientes objetivos orientaron el encuentro: Documentar y compartir experiencias...

BioFach China 2012 will be held in Shanghai International Exhibition Center from May 24th to 26th. China is a very promising market for organic produce and is about to reach a phase of rapid growth, with an estimated value of 59.4 billion yuan by 2015,...

De organisatie Gentechvrije Burgers uit Lelystad heeft een zaak bij de Raad van State aangespannen waarin wordt geëist dat de vergunning die door het ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu is verleend aan de Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek van Wageningen Universiteit voor proeven met genetisch gemodificeerde aardappelplanten wordt vernietigd.

British farmers are warning of possible price rises and even food shortages after admitting they are struggling to cope with some of the wettest Springs in history.

The government may be pressing the panic buttons due to spiralling food prices, but it failed to read the writing on the wall five months ago when thousands of farmers across Haryana, Punjab and UP set ablaze hundreds of tonnes of potatoes on the streets to protest low prices and mounting losses due to a glut.

Akkar potato farmers suffered a serious blow this season after losing one third of their crops due to bad weather conditions, the local farmers association said Monday.

A former potato firm director has been told he faces a significant jail term for his role in a bribery scam with a buyer at Sainsbury's.

National potato industry leaders have taken exception with the four-part HBO documentary 'The Weight of the Nation'because of data it includes describing the role of spuds in the mounting U.S. obesity crisis.

All eyes were peeled on the Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) Great Big Idaho® Potato Truck when it blew into the Windy City (Chicago) for the annual National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show.