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Utilizando el formato que ofrece Storify, el último número del Boletín de la Papa reune el material audiovisual y periodístico de varios temas de actualidad relacionados con el cultivo de la papa a nivel regional. Entre estos se destacan la realización...

Esta publicación está basada en el taller "Fortalecimiento de las Cadenas de Valor de papa en los países en desarrollo", realizado en noviembre de 2008, en Roma, Italia, y auspiciado por la Organización para la Alimentación y la Agricultura d...

La cooperativa argentina CAUQueVa fue seleccionada junto a otras siete experiencias “socialmente innovadoras” para figurar en un informe de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). En el estudio se ponderan los aportes de la coop...

Snack manufacturer Parle has tied up with the Priya Group to manufacture, supply and package wafers and snacks for its newly-launched brand Full Toss. Under the agreement, Priya will manufacture 3,000 tonne potato chips and snacks annually for the FMC...

Chinese Starch manufacturer the China Essence Group has released its annual report. On this occasion, China Essence Group Executive Chairman and CEO Zhao Libin made the following statement: I am pleased to report that China Essence has delivered anoth...

The Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), a program of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, today announced a groundbreaking agreement that will change the landscape of what is advertised to kids by the nation’s largest food a...

Een Oekraïense delegatie onder leiding van landbouwminister Prysyazhnyuk heeft een officieel bezoek gebracht aan Nederland om zich te laten informeren over de structuur en organisatie van de Nederlandse aardappelsector. De delegatie werd ontvangen op h...

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 234 points in June 2011, 1 percent higher than in May and 39 percent higher than in June 2010. The FFPI hit its all time high of 238 points in February. A strong rise in international sugar prices was behind muc...

The National Restaurant Association today unveiled a new nationwide initiative that provides parents and children with a growing selection of healthful menu options when dining out. “Kids LiveWell,” a program the Association launched today in collabora...

IT'S SPUD-TASTIC! The potato people at Branston are all celebrating - after the company scooped a top national award for its eye-catching lorry liveries. Branston won Livery of the Year at the Motor Transport Awards 2011 - the transport industry ‘...

The J. R. Simplot Company's Plant Sciences business announces Innate™ Technology, the all-native biotechnology platform for improving crops, leading to new, better and healthier foods.

Door de gunstige weersomstandigheden van de afgelopen weken ligt de opbrengst bij de Britse aardappeloogst een stuk boven het peil van vorig jaar. Tot nu toe ligt het gemiddelde rendement op 28 ton per hectare vergeleken bij 21,5 ton per hectare vorig...

Tijdens een uitzending van ‘Vive le vélo’ (VRT) maakten we kennis met Tour de France deelnemer Björn Leukemans (team Vacansoleil) en dat wel op een bijzondere wijze. Zo leerden we dat de 34 jarige vrijgezel uit een vorige relatie een wijze raad had mee...

Door de enorme toename van de vraag naar sorteermachines voor aardappelen en uien, worden de sorteermachines in serieproductie geproduceerd.  Bekend vanwege de nauwkeurige maatsortering, voorkomen van beschadigingen, weinig onderhoud in combinatie met ...

McCain Foods’ Smiley Faces have appeared at number six in a list of top ten British inventions, which was compiled by MP’s who were asked to nominated the best example of design for an online Great Exhibition. The Smiley Potato Faces were put forward ...

French fry manufacturer AVIKO launches a new website in the United Kingdom. As part of the launch, caterers in the UK have the chance to win an IPAD 2. The site, www.aviko.co.uk , features downloadable recipes, culinary advice, a handy Productfinder s...

Farmers in Western Australia's main potato growing region say they are worried next autumn's crop will fail without more winter rain. Growers in the south-west say they need a lot more water in their dams to ensure it lasts the summer. Manjimup growe...

Plans are underway to start breeding drought resistant potato varieties to curb food shortage. Players in potato farming who were meeting at Oljoro Orok Farmers Training Centre in Nyandarua West district observed that available potato varieties are onl...