Cadena de Suministro de Papas de África

Julio 05, 2008

South Africa: Potatoes buck price trend, but for how long?

Amid rising costs in food, fuel, electricity and interest rates, consumers can take refuge in knowing that at least one South African staple food is bucking the trend and fighting off inflation. Since September last year the potato price has steadil...

Junio 05, 2008

Aardappelteler uit Burkina Faso in opleiding bij "The Potato Company'

The Potato Company (TPC) uit Emmeloord probeert sinds enkele jaren de aardappelteelt in Burkina Faso van de grond te krijgen, om zodoende het tekort aan aardappels op te heffen. Dat blijkt lastiger dan verwacht. Twee jaar geleden vertrok de 21-jarig...

Marzo 15, 2008

Viral potato disease challenges Uganda potato farmers

A viral potato disease could jeopardise livelihood in a south western district of Uganda as crops quality and quantity have began dropping. The virus is spread by insect vectors and through human contact from plant to plant. The virus can also be tran...

Febrero 05, 2008

Nairobi's restaurants and local chips processors face potato shortage due to Kenyan violence

A shortage of potatoes is expected to hit restaurants in Nairobi and other towns in the next few weeks because of the violence that has crippled the Rift Valley Province.Nairobi has more than 800 restaurants and over 40 local processors of crisps whose...

Noviembre 20, 2007

Algerians rejected potatoes unfairly, PEI exporter says

Concerns about bacteria-infested potatoes from Quebec have prompted lurid fears in Algeria and forced a cargo vessel to leave port without unloading its shipment. The exporter is desperately trying to find another country willing to accept the shipmen...

Noviembre 12, 2007

Canadian Potatoes for Algeria turned back

The Algerian Agriculture ministry ordered to turn back the potato loads imported from Canada. Agriculture ministry order the immediate turn back of the Canadian potatoes quantities blocked in Algiers harbour for twenty days. An official source within ...

Octubre 29, 2007

TPC exporteert ruim 15.000 ton consumptieaardappelen naar Algerije

Woensdagmiddag 24 oktober is de vijfde koelboot met 3600 ton consumptieaardappelen vertrokken van Vlissingen naar Mostaganem in Algerije.

Agosto 21, 2007

Algerije: Maffia legt beslag op aardappelimport

De prijzen van aardappelen in Algerije zijn hoog. Hoewel het Afrikaanse land tonnen aardappelen importeert, ziet men hiervan niets op de markt. Dit komt doordat de maffia de aardappelen opslaat nadat deze in de havens zijn gearriveerd.

Agosto 16, 2007

Tunisian Chips made from smuggled Algerian potatoes

An attempt to smuggle 100 tons of potatoes to Tunisia has been outmanoeuvred, while 200 tons were smuggled since the beginning of 2007 to “Potato Chips” factories there. Security services statistics reveal, however, that more than 200 tons might have b...