News on The Potato Supply Chain

Potato producer Albert Bartlett plans to expand its business in eastern Europe and Russia after winning its first contracts in the region during last season’s severe drought.

A late December report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has added another perspective on the current drama surrounding the Salt Lake City-based United Potato Growers of America.

Con el objetivo de analizar la reducción de la producción, el bajo costo de la papa y el poco interés de las autoridades departamentales en la diversidad de las semillas de este producto de la canasta familiar, la Federación de Campesinos prepara la Primera Cumbre de la Papa en el departamento de Tarija.

AUSVEG has launched a three-year initiative which aims to enhance communication within Australia’s potato industry and promote clearer information exchange.

El precio de la papa en el Mercado de Abasto aumentó a raíz del bloqueo a la importación de la hortaliza por parte del Senave.

Het is nog geen jaar geleden toen de aardappelmarkt in ‘brand’ stond met een termijnmarkt voor april 2011 van boven het niveau van € 30,-. Vandaag de dag is het echter een rustige bedoening op de markt voor fritesaardappelen.

Plummeting potato prices for three consecutive years have prompted farmers to switch to contract farming this season.

The Irish Farmers Association said today that potato growers are being ripped off by retailers.

Seed potato exports from Britain are expected to break more records following a highly successful season in 2011 and Potato Council head of seed and export, Mark Prentice, is looking forward to a busy time at this year’s Fruit Logistica.

This week, nearly 1,500 attendees from a dozen countries have traveled to Orlando, Florida, to share the latest in agriculture information and innovations. But this event is more than just numbers;it's about the bottom line. POTATO EXPO offers attend...

La Universidad de Cambridge (Reino Unido) está trabajando en una aplicación para “smartphones” que facilita la medición de la cobertura del suelo en cultivos de papa. "La cobertura del suelo es un insumo clave para cualquier modelo de predicción...

Este catálogo de las papas nativas de Carchi, Cotopaxi, Bolívar y Chimborazo es el primer documento de este tipo para el Ecuador. Esto lo hace una joya única. Pero es necesario también resaltar otras características que reúne este catálogo. Primero, ha...

Farmers and wholesalers in Jordan have demanded that the government stops the import of potatoes originating in Israel.

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.

Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of late blight, has evolved to overcome fungicides and major resistance genes that have been bred into commercial potato cultivars.

Cambridge University Farm is working on a smartphone app to measure ground cover in potato crops.

El innovador seminario-taller denominado: Desarrollando estrategias para agregar valor al producto papa, con expositores nacionales e internacionales, tuvo lugar recientemente en instalaciones del INIA Remehue, y buscó abrir espacios de análisis entre ...

The management board of potato cooperation Agrico has nominated Jan Wolthuis from its members as the new chairman. As such, he succeeds Herman Vermeer, who left in April 2011. During the general meeting of 15 December, Wolthuis was unanimously affirmed...