Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Asia

Abril 11, 2009

Potato Prices in Uttar Pradesh double in a week

Potato, the crop which was dumped in fields to rot last year due to over-production has suddenly scaled record heights this season. The increased demand and rampant hoarding by traders has propelled the prices by over 100 per cent over last week.The cr...

Abril 11, 2009

Potato Growers in Pakistan oppose duty free potato import

The Farmers Associates Pakistan (FAP) has said potato growers are facing huge losses due to an unfavourable decision of the government allowing duty-free import of potato at a time when the country has produced a bumper crop.The FAP said that the gover...

Abril 10, 2009

Potato Processing Zone to boost tourism for Agra (India)?

Agra is globally known for being the city where one of the seven wonders of the world, Taj is situated. But what has Agra to do with the Potato? A lot, according to a study conducted by the marketing department of Indian Institute of Management, Luckno...

Abril 10, 2009

Potato prices double in New Delhi, up in other places

Potato prices have shot up across India and in the northern parts of the country it has almost doubled in the last one month owing to higher demand from the four major producing states, where crops were damaged due to high temperature. In the local re...

Abril 09, 2009

Potato prices double in two weeks in northern districts of Bangladesh

Potato price is galloping in Bangladesh northern districts as the production faced a setback in the region this year, the result of high fertilizer prices and late blight. A kilogram of potato is now selling in the retail markets at a rate double its...

Abril 07, 2009

United States, Russia sign Potato Trade Agreement

The National Potato Council (NPC) and United States Potato Board (USPB) are pleased to announce the US potato industry can now begin exporting fresh potatoes to Russia. A market access agreement between the United States and Russia was signed on March ...

Kurkure - extruded snack by Frito-Lay /Pepsico - highly popular in India

Abril 06, 2009

Processing industry in India to consume 10% of potato output by 2010-11

India's potato production has seen a phenomenal increase since the 1950s, mainly due to strong demand from the processing industry and remunerative returns.

Marzo 27, 2009

Punjab faces potato glut again

Crop diversification — from conventional wheat and paddy crop to potato — hasn’t proved to be a great idea in Punjab. A glut of potato has again hit this season — the produce can be seen dumped on roadsides — with the growers now contemplating reducing...

Marzo 27, 2009

China Essence CEO increases stake in the company, comments on loan obligations

China Essence Group Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its Chief Executive Officer Mr. Zhao Libin, purchased a total of 1,000,000 Company shares from the open market yesterday, at an average price of S$0.1137 per share.With the latest ...

Marzo 16, 2009

Panorama de la produccion de papa en China

La producción de papa fresca en China para el 08/09 se prevé en 65 millones de toneladas métricas , lo que no cambia mucho respecto al año anterior. En los últimos dos años, alrededor del 10 por ciento de la superficie de patata de China desplazó a otr...

Marzo 08, 2009

Yemen halts potato export from Saudi Arabia

Almost 4,000 tons of potatoes imported last month from Saudi Arabia have flooded vegetable markets in Yemen at a cheaper price than the local produce leading the Cabinet to halt the import altogether since last week.According to a trade treaty, Yemen i...

Marzo 05, 2009

Farm level puffed potato cube production project near Mumbai

Throughout the last two years, CTI volunteers Shiv Murty, Steve Laible, and Nancy Laible have been in contact with Prof. Narendra Shah at the Center for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bomba...

Febrero 26, 2009

Punjab: 3000 MT of potatoes to be exported to Sri Lanka & Dubai

Punjab Cooperation Minister Captain Kanwaljit on Thursday revealed that with the facilitation of Markfed, Punjab 3000 Metric Tonne of potatoes would be exported to Sri Lanka and Dubai. Due to bumper crop of potato this year, farmers were finding it ve...

Febrero 24, 2009

Indonesia plans to develop Jambi and North Sulawesi in production centers for French Fries

According to a report published by the Asia Pulse agency, Indonesian provinces Jambi and North Sulawesi that have good fertility and climate will be developed into potato production centers for french fries. In the province of Jambi in particular, pota...

Febrero 23, 2009

First potato export from China to Europe

Four thousand five hundred kilograms of potatoes will be exported to Germany at the price of 1.5 USD per kilogram, marking the first instance of potato exports from China to Europe, according to news from Ningxia Daily.Ma Shengke, an official of the Xi...

Febrero 12, 2009

Potato production in West Bengal may dip 30% due to late blight

Potato production in West Bengal is likely to be 30 per cent less than the previous year on account of late blight disease.Naren De, West Bengal agriculture minister said at a seminar organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) that potato ...

Febrero 09, 2009

Punjab to export 3,000 tonne potato to Middle East

Faced with crash in potato prices due to bumper crop in Punjab, the state sovernment has decided to export 3,000 tonne of potato to the Middle East besides selling another 2 lakh tonne to Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and...

Febrero 06, 2009

Do Indian potato farmers benefit from Potato Futures?

The Indian government introduced futures trading with much fanfare in several commodities, including potato, as a tool to aid farmers to hedge their risks and help in getting better prices. But most in the industry dismiss the government claims with ...