Potato News

El Fondo Regional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (FONTAGRO) y el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) premiaron a las tres iniciativas ganadoras del Concurso de Casos Exitosos de Innovación en Agricultura Familiar, patrocinado...

On October 24, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the purchase of 240 metric tons of dehydrated potato granules and 320 metric tons of dehydrated potato flakes under the McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Pro...

El Fondo Regional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (FONTAGRO), conjuntamente con sus patrocinadores el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), acaban de otorgar al Centro Internacional...

Ekko Holding ApS (EKKO), based in Vejle Denmark, has acquired 100 percent of the shares in Oy FORMIT Foodprocessing Ab (FORMIT), based in Finland on Oktober 10, 2012.

The Keogh farming family have been growing potatoes in north county Dublin for over 200 years. The city of Dublin has grown around the farm over the years.

Stefan Ranstrand, President and CEO of TOMRA (Odenberg, BEST) spoke at this year’s TEDxOslo conference about the Resource Revolution, and how we need to take action to solve the challenges ahead.

With potatoes from Punjab expected to reach Bengal only in December, state cold-storage owners are planning to make use of the projected supply crunch from mid-November.

India’s love affair with the french fry is so intense that the Canadian potato giant is injecting another $69 million on top of its current $37 million investment into greatly increasing output at its plant in Mehsana, which only opened five years ago.

Many of the leading potato machinery manufacturers will be exhibiting their latest developments at the ADAS Syngenta Potato Conference and Exhibition in Britain in November, with technological innovations covering the whole growing season - from seed t...

For decades, people who concern themselves with the world’s “wicked problems” — interconnected issues like environmental degradation, poverty, food security and climate change — have marched together under the banner of “sustainability”: the idea that ...

El cambio climático puede variar la temperatura, cambiar los paisajes y, al parecer, también la dieta de las personas. Un grupo de expertos del Comité de Seguridad Alimentaria Mundial investigo el impacto del cambio climático de los 22 commodities m...

Fue en 2004 cuando CCU -grupo ligado a la familia Luksic y la holandesa Heineken- ingresó al negocio de los snacks con la compra de la empresa Calaf. Hoy, Foods Alimentos CCU -filial de la compañía que tiene como caballito de batalla la cerveza Cristal...

Con el fin de contribuir con el desarrollo nacional de semilla y como parte de su compromiso para fortalecer constantemente el desarrollo agrícola de Venezuela, PepsiCo Alimentos, ha iniciado desde Noviembre 2011 un proceso de multiplicación de semilla.

Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty food marketer and manufacturer, has reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 29, 2012.

Las únicas dos compañías de Honduras, procedentes de la Costa Norte, Industrias Sula y Frozen Foods, mostraron sus productos en el SIAL , situado en el Parque de Exposiciones de Villepinte, localizado en el norte de París. Industrias Sula promocionó en...

The processing campaign of potatoes in the Emsland-starch factory in German Kyritz is going well. Now at the half way period of the campaign already about 110,000 tons have been processed in the meantime. That is 50 percent of the contract quantity. &q...

Climate change could lead to crops from the banana family becoming a critical food source for millions of people, a new report says.

Frozen foods company McCain Foods New Zealand boosted profit by 27 per cent to $11.4 million for the year ending June, helped along by stronger sales during the Rugby World Cup.