Noticias

El presidente Evo Morales, inauguró hoy en el municipio de Fernández Alonso, del departamentio de Santa Cruz, el programa nacional de siembra de papa de invierno y tempranera con una inversión de 125.6 millones de bolivianos.

Cada 30 de mayo, el Perú celebra el Día Nacional de la Papa. El objetivo de la celebración es revalorar la papa como expresión de la cultura andina milenaria y muestra de la agro-biodiversidad. Así mismo busca promover su consumo, destacando su valor nutricional y versatilidad en la gastronomía.

Most people say that if there is a healthy choice on a menu they will take it. But observations and research show this is generally not the case.

Volm Companies, the leading North American supplier of fresh produce packaging and equipment automation solutions, today announced a formal strategic partnership with Wyma Solutions, the global expert in post-harvest fresh and processed handling solutions.

Orkla Food Ingredients, a subsidiary of Orkla ASA (OSE:ORK) has signed a license agreement with Renaissance BioScience Corp. to exclusively produce and sell Renaissance acrylamide-reducing yeast to food manufacturers in the European Nordic and Baltic markets, starting in Q3 2017.

Simplot Plant Sciences will not commercially launch its Innate GMO potatoes in Canada this year, despite regulatory approval and interest among potato farmers to grow these new potatoes

Un Plan de Reimpulso Productivo para estimular el cultivo de la papa en el ciclo norte-verano 2017, propuso la Federación Nacional de Productores de Papas y Hortalizas de Venezuela al Ministerio de Agricultura y Tierra.

El acto ha contado con la presencia del vicepresidente y consejero insular de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca, el embajador de Perú en España, el viceconsejero del Sector Primario del Gobierno de Canarias, el consejero insular de Turismo y el alcalde de La Orotava.

In 2016, Africa as a whole maintained its position as the world’s second-fastest growing economies behind South Asia, according to data released during the Financial Presentation at the African Development Bank Group’s Annual Meetings

NEIKER-Tecnalia is conducting research since 2014 with the objective to identify potato varieties with high levels of bioactive compounds (anthocyanins, phenols and total carotenoids - all having potential potential health benefits), and are adapted to the growing conditions in Spain.

Zimbabwe has run out of potatoes for making potato chips, prompting potato chips manufacturer Hanawa Super Foods to request an import permit to buy potatoes from South Africa from the Industry and Commerce ministry.

Boulder Canyon® Takes Traditional BBQ Potato Chips To New, Tastier Level With Introduction of Mesquite Barbeque Coconut Oil Variety

Key Technology expands its VERYX® family of digital sorters with the introduction of the VERYX B140, a medium-capacity belt-fed sorter with a 1400-mm wide inspection zone.

El Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, NEIKER-Tecnalia, ha llevado a cabo avances en la mejora genética de patata con el objetivo de obtener variedades con elevados niveles de compuestos bioactivos (antocianinas, fenoles y carotenoides totales), así como capacidad antioxidante beneficiosas para la salud, adaptadas a nuestras condiciones de cultivo.

Advancing its mission to change the way America snacks, Snyder's-Lance, Inc. is introducing its first multi-brand snack packs to meet specific consumer demands: Gluten Free, Non-GMO, Premium and Small batch Kettle.

Potatoes USA announces nominations are now open for new Board Members for the 2018-2021 term. Fifty-eight members will be elected or re-elected to fill open seats and the seats of outgoing Board Members who are completing their second three-year term in March 2018.

The Antwerp Court of Appeal has sentenced a farmer in the Belgian province of Antwerp to pay a large fine and damage compensation to Breeders Trust for not reporting his acreage farm saved seed for the varieties Asterix and Fontane which are protected under Plant Breeders’ Rights.

Así lo anunció el Director General Agrícola del Ministerio de Agriculturai, Ángel Manero, y agregó que 'cada peruano consume 85 kilos al año'.