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四月 15, 2009

Palm oil prices soar as Malaysian stocks fall short of demand

Oilseed analysts are predicting a squeeze on supply of Malaysian palm oil for months to come, as prices are pushed up by farmers’ inability to invest in inputs and poor extraction rates – while demand for fried and oily food is not abating. Malaysia is...

四月 13, 2009

Nepal's potato consumption near twice world average

Per capita availability of potatoes in Nepal has crossed the world average due to a sharp rise in production over the past one and a half decades, officials said. The Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives (MoAC) stated that the production of potato...

四月 11, 2009

Potato Prices in Uttar Pradesh double in a week

Potato, the crop which was dumped in fields to rot last year due to over-production has suddenly scaled record heights this season. The increased demand and rampant hoarding by traders has propelled the prices by over 100 per cent over last week.The cr...

四月 11, 2009

Potato Growers in Pakistan oppose duty free potato import

The Farmers Associates Pakistan (FAP) has said potato growers are facing huge losses due to an unfavourable decision of the government allowing duty-free import of potato at a time when the country has produced a bumper crop.The FAP said that the gover...

四月 10, 2009

Potato Processing Zone to boost tourism for Agra (India)?

Agra is globally known for being the city where one of the seven wonders of the world, Taj is situated. But what has Agra to do with the Potato? A lot, according to a study conducted by the marketing department of Indian Institute of Management, Luckno...

四月 10, 2009

Potato prices double in New Delhi, up in other places

Potato prices have shot up across India and in the northern parts of the country it has almost doubled in the last one month owing to higher demand from the four major producing states, where crops were damaged due to high temperature. In the local re...

四月 09, 2009

Potato prices double in two weeks in northern districts of Bangladesh

Potato price is galloping in Bangladesh northern districts as the production faced a setback in the region this year, the result of high fertilizer prices and late blight. A kilogram of potato is now selling in the retail markets at a rate double its...

四月 07, 2009

United States, Russia sign Potato Trade Agreement

The National Potato Council (NPC) and United States Potato Board (USPB) are pleased to announce the US potato industry can now begin exporting fresh potatoes to Russia. A market access agreement between the United States and Russia was signed on March ...

Kurkure - extruded snack by Frito-Lay /Pepsico - highly popular in India

四月 06, 2009

Processing industry in India to consume 10% of potato output by 2010-11

India's potato production has seen a phenomenal increase since the 1950s, mainly due to strong demand from the processing industry and remunerative returns.

三月 27, 2009

Punjab faces potato glut again

Crop diversification — from conventional wheat and paddy crop to potato — hasn’t proved to be a great idea in Punjab. A glut of potato has again hit this season — the produce can be seen dumped on roadsides — with the growers now contemplating reducing...

三月 27, 2009

China Essence CEO increases stake in the company, comments on loan obligations

China Essence Group Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its Chief Executive Officer Mr. Zhao Libin, purchased a total of 1,000,000 Company shares from the open market yesterday, at an average price of S$0.1137 per share.With the latest ...

三月 24, 2009

Yum Brands buys stake in China restaurant chain Little Sheep

Yum Brands Inc. said late Tuesday it has agreed to buy a 20% interest in Little Sheep Group Ltd., a popular restaurant chain with locations mostly in China and Hong Kong, for $63 million. Yum Brands Inc, which operates KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and oth...

三月 17, 2009

Jianping Green Dragon potato flakes line in production

Earlier Kiremko reported on the booming potato flakes business, with a significant number of new projects for this particular product being realized around the world. Kiremko was fortunate to be part of this development and during the decade the potato...

三月 16, 2009

Panorama de la produccion de papa en China

La producción de papa fresca en China para el 08/09 se prevé en 65 millones de toneladas métricas , lo que no cambia mucho respecto al año anterior. En los últimos dos años, alrededor del 10 por ciento de la superficie de patata de China desplazó a otr...

三月 11, 2009

McDonald's appoints Kenneth Chan as CEO for China

McDonald's has announced that it is appointing Kenneth Chan from Singapore as its new CEO for he China area, replacing Jeffrey Schwartz. Chan has 12 years working experience in McDonald's. Prior to this appointment, he was regional manager for Malaysi...

三月 08, 2009

Yemen halts potato export from Saudi Arabia

Almost 4,000 tons of potatoes imported last month from Saudi Arabia have flooded vegetable markets in Yemen at a cheaper price than the local produce leading the Cabinet to halt the import altogether since last week.According to a trade treaty, Yemen i...

三月 06, 2009

PPM Technologies Joins Forces with Flavorite Foods & Services Pvt. Ltd.

PPM Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier to the global food processing industry has joined forces with Flavorite Foods &Services Pvt. Ltd., an India based food machinery and technology supplier. Flavorite Foods &Services Pvt. Ltd., headquart...

三月 06, 2009

USPB Partners with local Chinese Importer to host Successful US Dehy Bakery Seminar

Partnering with importers and distributors in country is critical to the success of increasing the use of US dehydrated potatoes in foreign markets and is an important strategy under the USPB long range plan. The USPB recently worked with Shanghai Yun...