News on The Potato Supply Chain

Today in Arequipa the Potato Festival marks National Potato Day, featuring a variety of dishes for hundreds of guests to taste, reports Andina.

El Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) y la Comisión Multisectorial del Día Nacional de la Papa promovida por el Ministerio de Agricultura, celebraron por séptimo año consecutivo el Día Nacional de la Papa el viernes 27 de mayo en las instalaciones d...

Another southeastern Idaho field has been infected with a microscopic wormlike pest that attacks potato plants despite $36 million spent on eradication efforts over the last five years, officials say.

Environmental activists stormed a field of genetically modified potatoes in Belgium Sunday, breaking through a security cordon in a raid that left police and protesters injured, authorities and organisers said.

Het Amerikaanse bedrijf Heinz gaat een Europees onderzoekscentrum bouwen in Nijmegen. Dat levert in totaal 300 banen op.

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling.

Potato blight programmes are being severely disrupted by strong winds preventing spray applications.

In the United Kingdom, potato Late blight fungicides Consento and Prompto (fenamidone + propamocarb) have gained label extensions for protection of potato crops against Early blight (Alternaria).

Interpack 2011 closes as one of the most successful events in the 53-year history of the world’s most important trade fair for the packaging sector and related processing industries. This was the unanimous sentiment among the 2,700 exhibitors from 60 ...

Estados Unidos y Europa se han convertido en los principales mercados destino para la exportación de la papa amarilla y nativa originaria del Perú, y en los últimos años han incrementado la demanda por estos productos, manifestó hoy el ministro de Agri...

La gerente de Marketing de la cadena KCF, Patricia Gamboa, afirmó que en Perú no existe una empresa proveedora de papas para freír de las características que requieren las compañías de comida rápida, por lo que estas últimas están obligadas a importar ...

De voorbije vier jaar betaalden Belgische aardappeltelers geen kwekersrechten op meer dan 11.000 ton pootgoed.

Herbert Engineering has secured a major European order for a new potato washline incorporating a 4m Barrel Washer and specially adapted destoner to be installed by the end of the year.

Retail food price inflation continues to be a concern to consumers as the Consumer Price Index for food-at-home in the United States was up 3.9% from a year ago during April, reports The Food Institute.

Op woensdag 18 mei 2011 is het eerste adviesbericht in het kader van Masterplan Phytophthora verzonden naar aardappeltelers in Noord- en Midden-Nederland.

China Essence Group Ltd. (“China Essence” or the “Group”), one of the largest, leading integrated producers of potato products in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), announced results for the fourth quarter (“4Q FY2011”) and financial year ended 31 March 2011 (“FY2011”).

Breeders Trust has written to more than 130 Belgian arable farmers on the basis of crop data obtained by way of a court order against the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC).