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juli 22, 2010

Sri Lankan potato producers pleased with US cultivars

The United States Potato Board (USPB) Team Seed conducted a market visit to farms and growing regions in Sri Lanka during May 2010. Sri Lankan producers growing US varieties are unanimous in their approval of cultivars and selections sourced from the U...

juli 06, 2010

Cold storages' release cools down potato prices in West Bengal

With close to about 25 per cent of potatoes having been released from cold storages across West Bengal, potato prices, which had inched up by Rs 10-20 a quintal last week, dropped on Tuesday. The wholesale price of the tuber (Jyoti variety) dropped Rs ...

juli 06, 2010

Heat and saline resistant potato varieties reach commercial stage

After nearly 30 years of research, Professor David Levy has developed a strain of potato that can be grown in hot, dry climates, and irrigated by saline water sources.Professor David Levy's windowsill is lined with potatoes of numerous shapes and sizes...

juli 01, 2010

ADM plans expansion in China, opens office

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today announced two key actions that advance its strategy for profitable growth in China and throughout Asia: the opening of a Beijing office;and a strategic investment in, and memorandum of understanding with...

juni 30, 2010

Japanese companies save time and money with US Dehydrated potatoes

Where Japanese companies are trying to gain a competitive advantage, dehy fits in nicely as the economic climate changes! Fewer people are eating out in Japan, opting instead to shop in delis and supermarkets more.

juni 17, 2010

New Potato product? Potato batteries for the developing world

Yissum Research Development Company Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, introduces solid organic electric battery based upon treated potatoes. This simple, sustainable, robust device can potentially provide an immed...

juni 07, 2010

Starch manufacturer China Essence Group clarifies financial position

China Essence provided the following update on its financial position, no doubt in part in response to last week's drop in stock price:It has come to the management’s attention that there were concerns regarding the debt level of the Group. The managem...

juni 03, 2010

Potato Processors join in Idaho trade mission to China

Idaho ag groups hope to find new export opportunities in China during a trade mission led by Gov. C.L. "Butch"Otter, from June 4-12.Potato processors from Idaho and the Idaho Potato Commission will focus on promoting frozen and dehydrated pot...

juni 02, 2010

Potato Prices in India to remain flat on bumper harvest

Retail prices of potatoes are expected to remain stable in the next three months, despite monsoons being right at the doorstep in most parts of the country as rabi production in key growing states of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal has exceeded estimates

juni 01, 2010

China turns to potato for food security

In the land of rice, China is looking at an unlikely tool for maintaining growth and social harmony: the potato. The Chinese government has begun ramping up research, production and training related to the humble spud, and hopes are high that it could...

mei 31, 2010

China Essence Group stock price tumbles

The stock price of potato starch manufacturer China Essence Group, listed at the Singapore Exchange, dropped 36%. The drop in the stock price triggered the Singapore Exchange to query the China Essence Group regarding trading activity, which meanwhi...

mei 20, 2010

Plea to set up potato promotion board in India

There was a need to constitute a potato promotion board at the central level in order to look into various issues beginning from cultivation to consumption of the tuber in the country. The matter was discussed at the annual meeting of the Federation of...

mei 19, 2010

Guizhou working hard to become the largest potato-producing region in China

As Guizhou prepares for the three-day 2010 China potato festival to be held on May 28, statistics show that potato cultivation in the region is continuing to expand.According to statistics, the potato planting areas in Guizhou province has increased fr...

mei 06, 2010

Frito Lay India to up contract farming by four-fold

Frito Lay India is looking at increasing contract farming of potato in India by almost four-fold over the next three years. “Currently, there are 15,000 farmers doing contract farming of potato for us while we are sourcing the commodity from 40,000 f...

mei 02, 2010

High output keeps potato prices down in India

Since the beginning of March, the price of potato has dipped more than 16 per cent on account of higher production of the commodity in India this year. High arrivals have been reported in the mandis and that has kept the sentiments weak for t...

april 28, 2010

Potato growers in Rangpur (Bangladesh) protest and demand compensation from cold storage owners

Hundreds of farmers blocked roads in Dinajpur and Rangpur yesterday demanding compensation as thousands of bags of potatoes they kept in cold storage have rotten due to alleged negligence of the authorities. The affected farmers said the authorities ...

april 27, 2010

West Bengal announces transport subsidy for potato

The West Bengal Government has announced a transport subsidy of Rs 11 crore for inter-State transport of potatoes as well as export to other countries. West Bengal's potato production almost doubled to 95 lakh tonnes this year, against just about 55 l...

april 20, 2010

China's first potato museum in Yanquing, Beijing

Potatoes also have a museum. China's first and only "Potato Museum"was completed in Yanqing County, Beijing. The history, current condition, development, promotion and application of potatoes in China are shown at the exhibition hall which co...