News on The Potato Supply Chain

Prices of Irish potatoes in Rwanda are likely to stabilise following a new agreement between farmers and City of Kigali traders to establish mutually beneficial cooperation.

The total ware potato harvest in the five North-Western European Potato growers (NEPG) countries - Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain - in 2014 is estimated at more than 28 million tons.

Tamas Houlihan has been named executive director of the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) by the board of directors, effective immediately.

Prince Edward Island potato production has grown by almost five per cent this year following a good growing year and successful harvest.

Agricultural Research Service scientists have bred and released colorful new potato varieties. Some have relatively high levels of beneficial red-to-purple pigments called “anthocyanins,” and others have high levels of yellow-pigmented carotenoids

Resumen de la conferencia magistral que sobre el tema se presentó en el XXVI Congreso bienal de la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP), celebrado en Bogotá entre el 28 de septiembre y el 2 de octubre de 2014.

La mayoría de la papa y la cebolla del país se produce allí; por eso la presión sobre estos ecosistemas, que son reservorios de agua, aumenta con los días.

El proyecto de producción de papa nativa y comercial, desarrollado en el ámbito de influencia del Proyecto Conga, ganó el premio Perú 2021 a la Responsabilidad Social, en la categoría Comunidad.

Una de las líneas de trabajo es el control biológico de la plaga con la suelta de una pequeña avispa que parasita en los huevos e impide su ciclo natural.

The weather might be warming up [well, in Australia that is, not here in Canada...PP] but that isn’t stopping Aussie consumers tucking in to a hearty serve of mashed potato, according to the latest wave of the industry-funded Potato Tracker project.

The lastest focus on Potato webcast provides an update on Potato Sprout Control, by Nora Olsen, Professor and Extension Potato Specialist at the University of Idaho

Desarrollaron una semilla para mejorar el tubérculo y no depender de empresas comercializadoras.

The economic importance of the Manitoba Potato Industry comes to light in a study prepared by Informa Economics, The Economic Contributions of the Manitoba Potato Complex.

Farmers in Bangladesh's Thakurgaon region harvesting early variety potatoes are making good profit this season.

Greenvale, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of fresh potatoes, offers a festive Christmas version of its 2kg bags of GreenVale All Rounder Potatoes.

There's a major potato shortage in New Zealand and it's big enough that it's forced chip producers to temporarily stop production in the countdown to Christmas.

The Ministry of Agriculture of Fiji has plans to source potato seed materials for the Red Pontiac variety from Australia as it continues its efforts to boost local production.

The 17th edition of INTERPOM | PRIMEURS in Kortrijk Xpo has again chalked up record visitor numbers with no less than 19 529 visitors, representing an increase of 10.5%