Aardappelketen

Indian potato is all set to reach out to 80 countries, mostly in Europe, thanks to Indian farmers getting their produce certified by a global agency. Export prospects of potato are looking up with farmers taking Global GAP Certification for the product...

Frost, triggered by intense cold wave conditions in the northern region, have hit the potato crop in Punjab damaging mainly the late sown crop. Experts fear that almost 15 to 20 per cent of the crop at several potato fields in Jalandhar, Kapurthala an...

Farmers' hopes to recover flood losses by cultivating potato may be shattered as vast areas of potato fields in Nilphamari are attacked with 'early blight' and 'late blight' diseases due to dense fog and chilly cold.With expectations of good prices fro...

With new arrivals at mandis across the country, the potato prices have hit the rock bottom during the past one month.According to traders, wholesale prices of potato came down by an average 40-50 per cent in various mandis over the last one month.At Fa...

A bumper crop of potato is expected this season and to protect the growers from losses, timely decisions are crucial for the export of the crop.Following the good crop, local price of potato has dropped as it went down to Rs6 to Rs7 per kg at retail le...

Late blight, a fungal disease that affects potato crop, has returned to haunt farmers here and the Punjab Agricultural University has issued an alert to growers after coming across fresh infections in a farm in Hoshiarpur district. "We have foun...

Last week I received more information on one of the two (!) large potato conferences next year in India, so I decided this was a good time to pay attention to the fast changes in the Indian Potato Processing industry.

China will soon set up a potato research center for the Asia-Pacific region.The move shows the world's biggest producer and consumer of the tuber is committed to spending more on global agricultural research.The new center will be part of Peru-based In...

Potato growers are advised to sell their potato immediately because there will be a decline in the price in the coming months, according to the Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Price is comparativ...

Calbee Foods Co. has partnered with R.D. Offutt Co., the largest potato grower in the U.S., to establish a large and stable supply of potatoes for its snack foods, especially for its strategic new product Jagabee, The Nikkei reported in its Wednesday m...

In the Philippines, potato is consumed as a vegetable and occasionally as a snack item. It is ideally cooked with meat, often as a meat extender in recipes such as “adobo,” “egado,” curry, and “lumpia.” There are about 12 Philippine companies that prod...

Halting the collapse of potato production in the largest spud producing country in the world has led to a prestigious award for Sam Asiedu. This Canadian scientist from Truro was one of 50 scientists from 20 countries to be awarded the Friendship Award...

Satnam Agro Products, established by farmer-turned-entrepreneur Mandeep Singh has set up a state-of-the-art potato processing plant at a cost of Rs 63 crore at Jalandhar. Singh is hoping to launch next month French Fries made out of locally grown Chip...

A separate policy on potato and introduction of public-private partnership (PPP) model are required to address the problem of seed shortage faced by farmers, experts said here on Monday. “There is a need to have a separate policy on potato as it is one...

China fresh potato production in MY07/08 is forecast at 75.6 million tons, up 5 percent from the previous year as a result of growing consumer demand. Average fresh potato prices have risen 15 percent annually over the previous three years. Processed ...

Syria's government renewed a ban on Lebanese  potatoes entering the country on Wednesday, claiming that the produce does not have a proper health certificate. Last week, Lebanese Agriculture Minister Talal Sahli persuaded his Syrian counterpart to lif...

China gaat de teelt van aardappelen en de verwerking ervan fors stimuleren. Het aardappelareaal moet in drie jaar tijd met 1,67 miljoen hectare toenemen naar 6,67 miljoen hectare. China wil zo de onafhankelijkheid op akkerbouwgebied veiligstellen en ...

China will step up potato production and related industries to improve the world's most populous nation's grain security and help boost income for its millions farmers.While addressing a recent national-level meeting on development of potato-based ind...