News on Potato Varieties and Seed

BASF SE, the maker of the Amflora scientific potato, is moving the plant-science unit that genetically modifies crops to the U.S. from Germany after European consumers resisted the technology.

A recent case study by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) showcases a new effort to produce high quality seed potatoes for farmers in Tanzania.

BASF announced today that it is concentrating its plant biotechnology activities on the main markets in North and South America. Development and commercialization of all products targeted solely at cultivation in the European market (potatoes!) will be...

The International Potato Center's main partner in Uzbekistan, the National University of Uzbekistan in Tashkent received a US$2.8 million grant from the Government to implement a seed potato multiplication project using the three CIP clones released in the past two years.

The Gourmandine has been awarded the coveted French quality award ‘Saveur de l’Année 2012’ (‘Taste of the Year 2012’). Once again, French consumers find the Gourmandine to be the tastiest potato in the category potatoes, vegetables and fruit. This culi...

The first acrylamide test results have become available from the Washington and Idaho National Fry Processor Trials (NFPT).

Potato industry officials are touting the health benefits of three colorful new varieties developed by the Tri-State Potato Research and Breeding Program in the US.

De prijs van Bintje pootgoed is op de beurs van Middenmeer met 3 euro verhoogd van 46 naar 49 euro per 100 kilo voor de klasse 28-35 mm. De grovere stortering pluste een halve euro en komt daarmee op een gemiddelde prijs van 24 euro uit. Daarmee zet d...

The UK’s leading potato supplier Greenvale AP is working with Tesco to help British consumers serve up the best roast potatoes ever – and like all good things at Christmas they come in a box! The Mayan Gold potato box is available exclusively at Tes...

The PVMI Board has agreed to a $300,000 contribution to the Tri-State University Research and Breeding Program. The money comes from royalties collected this year. Combined with two returns of $100,000 each for the previous two years PVMI has generated...

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. Vo...

Martín Acosta isn’t looking to take over the $7 billion U.S. market for potato chips. He’s just aiming for the slice of the U.S. market represented by the “elite group” of snackers who he is sure will be enticed by his chips from Ecuador. “The 5 or 10...

The Peruvian farmers cooperative Coopain Cabana recently made a very lucrative deal that benefits the members and the cooperative itself. Their own brand of organic potatoes can now be found on the shelves of the supermarkets of Plaza Vea, one of the...

Traditional food crops and other plant varieties worldwide are in urgent need of protection from climate change and other environmental stresses, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, as it observed the tenth anniversary of the int...

De presentatie van aardappelen in de supermarkt kan beter. De consumenten kunnen geen wijs worden uit het aanbod, vindt financieel manager Jan Hoogenboom van HZPC. Daarom heeft het handelshuis een presentatie ontwikkeld. In een kast liggen achter glaz...

Meijer BV in Rilland (Zld) heeft een aardappelkweekbedrijf waar men zich inspant om nieuwe en betere aardappelrassen te ontwikkelen. Daarbij kijkt men niet alleen naar de opbrengst maar ook de smaak en de vormgeving zijn van belang.

Het was de Poolse koning Jan III Sobieski die zijn onderdanen in de 17e eeuw liet kennismaken met de aardappel na een bezoek aan Wenen. Dit was de opmaat voor een liefdesaffaire, die Polen tot de 10 grootste aardappelproducenten ter wereld maakte.

It was the Polish king Jan III Sobieski who first introduced his subjects to the potato after a visit to Vienna in the 17th century. This was the start of a love affair, which resulted in Poland becoming one of the 10 largest potato producers in the wo...