Cadena de Suministro de Papas

Plummeting potato prices for three consecutive years have prompted farmers to switch to contract farming this season.

The Irish Farmers Association said today that potato growers are being ripped off by retailers.

Seed potato exports from Britain are expected to break more records following a highly successful season in 2011 and Potato Council head of seed and export, Mark Prentice, is looking forward to a busy time at this year’s Fruit Logistica.

This week, nearly 1,500 attendees from a dozen countries have traveled to Orlando, Florida, to share the latest in agriculture information and innovations. But this event is more than just numbers;it's about the bottom line. POTATO EXPO offers attend...

La Universidad de Cambridge (Reino Unido) está trabajando en una aplicación para “smartphones” que facilita la medición de la cobertura del suelo en cultivos de papa. "La cobertura del suelo es un insumo clave para cualquier modelo de predicción...

Este catálogo de las papas nativas de Carchi, Cotopaxi, Bolívar y Chimborazo es el primer documento de este tipo para el Ecuador. Esto lo hace una joya única. Pero es necesario también resaltar otras características que reúne este catálogo. Primero, ha...

Farmers and wholesalers in Jordan have demanded that the government stops the import of potatoes originating in Israel.

The International Potato Center's main partner in Uzbekistan, the National University of Uzbekistan in Tashkent received a US$2.8 million grant from the Government to implement a seed potato multiplication project using the three CIP clones released in the past two years.

Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of late blight, has evolved to overcome fungicides and major resistance genes that have been bred into commercial potato cultivars.

Cambridge University Farm is working on a smartphone app to measure ground cover in potato crops.

El innovador seminario-taller denominado: Desarrollando estrategias para agregar valor al producto papa, con expositores nacionales e internacionales, tuvo lugar recientemente en instalaciones del INIA Remehue, y buscó abrir espacios de análisis entre ...

The management board of potato cooperation Agrico has nominated Jan Wolthuis from its members as the new chairman. As such, he succeeds Herman Vermeer, who left in April 2011. During the general meeting of 15 December, Wolthuis was unanimously affirmed...

Two top GB potato industry players are crossing the Atlantic January 4-6 not just to quiz the U.S. industry on its latest techniques at Potato Expo 2012 but to promote the benefits of attending World Potato Congress 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland in May. ...

Zebra chip disease nearly destroyed a large USA potato growing business, its owner and chief executive told the Cambridge University Potato Growers Research Association conference earlier this month.

Nederland heeft in de maand November 2011 72.000 ton aardappelen geëxporteerd.

This was the first year the U.S. Potato Board conducted cut-seed potato trials overseas.

Proposed new dietary guidelines have drawn a mixed reaction from Australia's vegetable growers.

Two senators who recently visited a New Brunswick man held in a Lebanese prison since March say his health is quickly deteriorating and could only get worse.