Investigación y Desarrollo

Junio 05, 2013

Research: Infected volunteer potato plants unlikely to spread zebra chip disease

Volunteer potato plants growing from seed infected with zebra chip are likely too few in number and survive too briefly to contribute to the spread of the crop disease, according to new Oregon State University research findings.

Junio 05, 2013

Baker Perkins at Snackex - helping snack manufacturers develop new products

Baker Perkins will showcase its technology and services that enable snack manufacturers to take advantage of new market opportunities, at Snackex 2013

Junio 05, 2013

Spice Application System’s top electrostatics experts at Snackex

Want to learn more about Electrostatic flavour application? then make sure to visit Spice Application Systems at the Snackex in stand 125.

Mayo 29, 2013

tna unveils evolution in seasoning at Snackex

Leading global food packaging specialist, tna, will unveil its intelli-flav® model, the new addition to its ground-breaking seasoning range at Snackex 2013.

Mayo 21, 2013

Manitoba Potato Growers unhappy with Contracts

Manitoba potato growers signed a contract with McCain Foods last week, but their prices won’t increase from last year.?

Semagn-Asredie Kolech with Ethiopian farmers

Mayo 21, 2013

Potato may help feed Ethiopia in era of climate change

Semagn-Asredie Kolech, a Cornell doctoral candidate in the field of horticulture, studies the potato and bridges the tradition of Ethiopian farming with the modernity of agricultural science.

Mayo 21, 2013

Snack Food Association responds to (IOM) Report: Sodium Intake in Populations: Assessment of Evidence

The Snack Food Association (SFA) and the American Bakers Association (ABA) believe the findings from the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Report: Sodium Intake in Populations: Assessment of Evidence add a vital new perspective to the national discussion o...

Irish famine potato specimen from the Kew Garden herbarium

Mayo 21, 2013

“Whodunnit” of Irish potato famine solved

An international team of scientists reveals that a unique strain of potato blight they call HERB-1 triggered the Irish potato famine of the mid-nineteenth century

Mayo 20, 2013

Tom Dempsey Named New CEO of Snack Food Association

Tom Dempsey, former President of UTZ Quality Foods, Inc., has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Snack Food Association (SFA), effective July 1, 2013.

Mayo 09, 2013

Productores de papa y gobierno colombiano logran acuerdo para levantar paro

El Gobierno nacional y los productores de papa lograron este jueves en la madrugada un acuerdo sobre un paquete de medidas de apoyo a los productores, con el cual “el paro se levanta“.

Mayo 08, 2013

Potato Processing Industry in Belgium continues its growth

The Belgian potato processing industry has seen a spectacular growth during the last decades. The companies active in this sector have grown from 500.000 tons of processed potatoes in 1990 to 3,65 million tons of raw material in 2012.

Mayo 07, 2013

Washington State Potato Commission helps Potato Growers apply Integrated Pest Management

As the potato growing season begins, The Washington State Potato Commission (WSPC) will provide free Integrated Pest Management (IPM) supplies for Washington’s potato growers.

Abril 25, 2013

State National Harmonization Program (SNHP) for seed potatoes launched

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced the launch of the State National Harmonization Program (SNHP) for seed potatoes.

Abril 25, 2013

Potato Protein helpful against diarrhea in young pigs?

Scientists from Aarhus University have tested whether extract of potato protein could be used to prevent scours (diarrhea) in young pigs – but the results produced by a foreign research group turned out to be non-reproducible.

Abril 25, 2013

Water issues pushing Weld County's last large-scale potato grower out of Colorado

Colorado's Weld County is still home to potato festivals and dotted with spuds-growing artifacts, but the local potato industry has little to contribute anymore to the area’s vast legacy.

Abril 25, 2013

The role of vision in flavor: 'Seeing the flavor of Foods'

The eyes sometimes have it, beating out the tongue, nose and brain in the emotional and biochemical balloting that determines the taste and allure of food, according to a scientist speaking at the 245th National Meeting &Exposition of the American ...

On of Neiker Tecnalia's 4 new developed potato clones

Abril 24, 2013

Colorful and high in anti-oxidant potato clones with commercial potential developed by Neiker Tecnalia

The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Neiker-Tecnalia, has created four new potato clones which are characterised by their high antioxidant content, their good production both in size and number of tubers, as well as by their ...

Abril 24, 2013

US area facing drought falls below 50 percent for first time in 10 months

Earlier in April, the area in the United States in moderate drought or worse fell below 50 percent for the first time since June 19, 2012, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.