Potato News

Carlos Giménez, the Minister of Agriculture of Paraguay

June 25, 2024

Paraguay: gobierno busca desarrollar cultivo de papa en región no tradicional

Las características favorables de la región de Amambay hacen a la apuesta gubernamental por el cultivo.

June 25, 2024

Brasil: siguen bajando los precios

Debido al avance de la cosecha, de la mano con el cese de las lluvias, los precios mayoristas bajan en los mercados principales.

En abril de este año se produjo un 73,22% más de patatas que el año pasado. (Cortesía: ANDINA)

June 25, 2024

Perú: año record en rendimientos

Los rendimientos se condicen con aumentos en las siembras, sobre todo en la región de Puno.

España: comienza la cosecha en el norte, buenas perspectivas

June 25, 2024

España: comienza la cosecha en el norte con buenas perspectivas

Todo parece indicar que los precios se mantendrán altos, incluso si los rendimientos cayeron con respecto al año pasado.

Peter Poortinga, CEO of Solynta and Frank Terhorst, EVP Strategy & Sustainability at Bayer AG

June 24, 2024

Bayer and Solynta collaborate to advance true potato seed in smallholder markets

Bayer and Solynta have reached an agreement to collaborate on the commercialization and distribution of true potato seeds in Kenya and India.

The OptiClean project enhances the washing and polishing of root vegetables to reduce food waste by extending their shelf life, supported by Denmark's Green Development and Demonstration Programme.

June 24, 2024

OptiClean Research Initiative: Fighting Food Waste by optimizing the washing and cleaning of fresh root vegetables

The OptiClean initiative, supported by a DKK 5.5 million (USD 790,000) grant from Denmark's Green Development and Demonstration Programme (GUDP), aims to tackle the problem of half-rotten carrots in consumers’ vegetable drawers.

Shri Vibracion Technologies Pvt Ltd: Revolutionizing Material Handling with Sustainable and Hygienic Conveying Systems.

June 24, 2024

Sustainable and Hygienic Material Handling with Shri Vibracion Technologies Conveying Systems.

Shri Vibracion Technologies Pvt Ltd, based in Pune (India), specializes in manufacturing customized equipment that meets the highest standards of quality and performance.

June 23, 2024

Hungritos wraps up first half of busy 2024 trade show schedule with SFB Food & Hotel Seoul

Indian-origin premium frozen food brand Hungritos wrapped up the first half of the current calendar with a hugely successful SFH Food and Hotel Seoul 2024, in June.

Philip Pryor harvesting Cornish New Potatoes

June 23, 2024

Сornish new potatoes at Tesco herald the arrival of summer

Freshly harvested Cornish New Potatoes arrive in Tesco stores and online from June 24 to the delight of shoppers across the United Kingdom.

June 23, 2024

Daymer Ingredients to distribute Danish AKV premium potato starches in the UK

British ingredients supplier, Daymer Ingredients, has entered into an agreement with AKV, a Danish potato ingredients producer, to sell its native and clean label, functional potato starches in the United Kingdom.

The UN says 40% of the world's land is already unable to sustain crops

June 22, 2024

UN food chief on soil degradation: Poorest areas have zero harvests left

Droughts and flooding have become so common in some of the poorest places on Earth that the land can no longer sustain crops, the director of the World Food Programme’s global office has said.

June 22, 2024

Nutrien Ag Solutions Completes Acquisition of New Biocontrol Technology

Nutrien Ag Solutions announces the acquisition of Suncor Energy’s AgroScience assets, which consists of several patented and patent pending technologies in the area of biocontrol.