Aardappelketen

Afgelopen week hield aardappelcooperatie Agrico haar jaarlijkse centrale ledenvergadering. In deze online vergadering zijn o.a. de jaarcijfers 2019/2020 besproken en was er aandacht voor de digitale transformatie van Agrico.

Pese a los múltiples esfuerzos que se han realizado hace varios meses en la región, la situación de los paperos en el Oriente colombiano no ha mejorado y temen que la crisis no cese.

The GB potato industry accounts for over 117.46Kha of planted area this year, and is represented by 1,611 growers in 2020. Growers have faced difficult seasons of late.

Imagine being a potato farmer in Ethiopia, Kenya, or Nigeria. On a small piece of land, which you depend on for food and income, you have spent months planting, weeding, and watering.

NEPG (North-Western European Potato Growers) is unsure of the current potato situation and does not expect major changes in the demand side of the market in the coming weeks.

A new study published in Plant Pathology identifies for the first time the genotypes of P. infestans, causing late blight in the main potato-growing regions in Java, Indonesia.

Los matanceros iniciaron la siembra de papa por la unidad básica de producción cooperativa Gisper, del municipio de Colón de Matanzas, Cuba, una de las más productivas de la región y que en esta oportunidad plantará 164 hectáreas.

Le exigían al gobernador regional, Juan Alvarado, destinar un mayor presupuesto para la compra de sus productos.

Potato Production in Canada for the year 2020, is estimated at 104,203,000 hundredweight. This is down 1.4 million hundredweight or 1.3 percent below de production in 2019.

The United States Potato industry looks forward to productive relationship with returning Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Potatoes USA has sent the first shipment of U.S. seed potatoes to Cuba. The mixed load of 10 different varieties will be utilized in trials conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture in Cuba.

South Australia's Zerella Fresh this month committed to expanding the capacity of their potato washing and grading line. Zerella Fresh has again chosen to reinvest with Wyma Solutions for their post-harvest needs.

Two of the newest machines within Tong Engineering’s wide range of vegetable handling equipment are proving invaluable in transforming post-harvest operations for Hampshire-based potato grower, Whitewater Potatoes.

Two University of Maine researchers, Greg Porter and Han Tan, are part of a team of plant geneticists and breeders working to develop tools that will help Maine scientists and farmers become more efficient in bringing novel, improved potato varieties to market.

Viazi (potatoes in Kiswahili) are grown in Kenya since the 19th century. The production and consumption of the potato have grown steadily since.

Pepsico UK has joined forces with British clean-tech firm CCm Technologies to reduce their carbon footprint by turning their potato waste into fertiliser.

In humid climates, there is a high risk of topsoil loss from erosion on bare soil as well as nitrogen from fertilizers leaking or leaching from the soil into water sources, which can cause groundwater pollution.

Se busca promover el consumo de la papa peruana y destacar el trabajo de más de 711 mil familias dedicadas al cultivo de este tubérculo. En el Perú se producen más de 3500 variedades de papa.