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Building on its offering of delicious pita and bagel chips, Frito-Lay`s Stacy's brand today introduced Stacy's Pretzel Thins – a new line of baked snacks

Spice Application Systems is launching an exclusive new facility which allows customers to test out the power of electrostatics on their products.

Supporting the chipping sector is high on the agenda for Potato Council all year round, but with Chip Week (17 – 23 February) just around the corner, the team is more focused than ever on helping chips shops improve the quality of their chips and drive sales as a result.

John Keeling, National Potato Council executive vice president and CEO responds to the passing of the 2014 Farm Bill in US Congress

Cutting Technology specialist Urschel Laboratories will present its DiversaCut Sprint® Dicer, the TranSlicer® 2510 Cutter, the Model CC Slicer, and the Comitrol® Model 1700 at the the Fruit Logistica Messe Berlin event between the 5th and 7th February.

At the 2014 Fruit Logistica event, being held in Berlin from 5-7 February, DuPont Food Chain Manager for the EMEA region, Mr Luigi Coffano, highlighted the challenges faced by a world population that is growing by 150,000 people every day.

Some 58,000 trade visitors from more than 120 countries are expected to visit over 2,600 exhibitors from 84 countries at the Fruit Logistica in Berlin.

Procede de tres variedades aptas para producir papas prefritas congeladas y su producido deberá surtir a las cadenas de comida rápida en los próximos seis meses.

New research shows that potatoes—often cultivated as a rainfed crop with little or no irrigation—are still the go-to tuber when times get tough.

Resultados de estudios adelantados por científicos del Servicio de Investigación Agrícola (ARS) sugieren que las plantas de papa podrían producir rendimientos más altos ante el cambio climático.

From Wednesday 5 to Friday 7 February 2014 Agrico will be exhibiting at Fruit Logistica in Berlin. During this major international trade show, Agrico will be presenting its extensive range of seed and table potatoes.

UK's leading potato supplier Greenvale is ramping up support for its fresh potato brand with a £1.5m TV advertising campaign, which goes on air from Monday 3 February.

Esta nueva publicación pretende mejorar la conservación de los cultivos alimentarios, muchos de los cuales son cruciales para la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional a nivel mundial.

El documento fue editado por el Programa PYMERURAL y tiene como objetivo principal el de orientar a todos los actores relacionados con el cultivo en los aspectos técnicos de la producción de semillas de papa.

Resumen del trabajo 'Adaptación al cambio climático en los sistemas de semilla de la papa: Dos estudios de caso en los Andes Centrales del Perú' que fue premiado en el III Concurso de Investigación para la Adaptación al Cambio Climático en el Perú (2013)

It is estimated that Americans will consume 20.8 million pounds of potato chips and 20.8 million pounds of tortilla chips during the big game, and as fans huddle around the chip bowl, they should be looking for healthier options.

After months of disputes, a South Carolina river conservation group has reached a legal settlement with a Michigan-based Walther Farms over the company’s plans to siphon water from the South Fork of the Edisto River.

Para conocer esa información, Biodiversity International realizó 2.394 encuestas en Bolivia, India y Nepal. Se ofrece a continuación la presentación de los resultados (inglés) y la traducción al español de algunos de sus apartes.