News on The Potato Supply Chain

The government in the Indian state Odisha has started producing potato variety ‘Chipsona’ on experimental basis in Koraput in anticipation of plans by Pepsico to establish a potato chips manufacturing unit in the region

El INTIA de España organizó dos jornadas para presentar los resultados de la siembra ecológica de papa, realizada en su finca de Remendía, municipio de la Provincia de Navarra.

El viernes 21 de septiembre, el Intendente de Comandante Nicanor Otamendi, localidad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, firmó el boleto de compraventa del terreno donde se construirá una planta para el lavado de papas.

The problem for North Carolina’s sweet potato farmers is knowing whether the drenching rains unleashed by hurricane Florence will have the same effect as being inundated by a flooded pond or creek. Some sweet potato fields received as much as 30 inches.

Biosecurity New Zealand is working with Potatoes New Zealand to respond to a detection of Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) in potato tubers in Canterbury. Though common around the world, it is the first time the virus has been found in New Zealand.

Dutch potato starch manufacterer Avebe has announced that the advance payment for potatoes delivered is being increased to 67 euros a tonne and that the full result of the cooperative will go to the members.

Científicos del CONICET y de la UBA transfirieron un gen clave en las plantas y lograron mejorar el rendimiento en invernaderos. El próximo paso será probarlo en el campo.

In Mexico, researchers of the National Forestry, Agriculture, and Livestock Research Institute (INIFAP), part of the Mexican Ministry of agriculture (SAGARPA), have developed a new potato variety, Citlali, with improved tolerance to diseases.

Earlier this month, USDA-NASS published its annual report 'Potatoes 2017 Summary; September 2018'. The 2017 data indicate a slight increase of the total potato production in the United States compared to the previous year.

Peru expects to produce 4.77 million tons of potatoes in the 2018/2019 campaign, more than the 4.45 million tons it produced In the previous season

Es un virus que las larvas de la polilla adquieren al alimentarse de la papa tratada. Para conocer mas sobre el bioplaguicida, escuche la entrevista que Caracol Radio de Colombia realizó a la ingeniera Paola Cuartas de Agrosavia.

United Potato Growers of Canada has released an update on the potato crop in the various provinces of Canada.

El laboratorio producirá plantas in vitro para la producción de semilla prebásica de alta categoría. En su construcción se invirtieron $US 80.000, en parte pagados por la cooperación coreana KOPIA.

Hurricane Florence, is making landfall in North Carolina, where 55 percent of the US sweet potatoes are grown (acreage) this year.

At Potato Europe, breeding company Dr. K.-H. Niehoff will present a new table potato, the Macarena, a variety with a number of traits that are expected to generate particular interest given the weather conditions this year in Germany.

Les Fermes FC Daigle Inc. of Drummond was named the 2017-2018 McCain Champion Potato Grower for Grand Falls, New Brunswick. The Daigle family has been contracting with McCain Foods for 42 years

At this years PotatoEurope, which takes place from 12th to 13th September in Bockerode (near to Hanover, Germany) GRIMME will present two new self-propelled harvesters for the first time at an international trade show.

La selección estuvo a cargo del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP) de México. Además de presentar resistencia a dichas enfermedades, la variedad cumple con los estándares de comercialización.