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三月 25, 2013

Conagra Foods sustainability projects save 22 million.

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston Agricultural Services team in Kennewick, WA was among the teams awarded last week when ConAgra Foods, Inc., announced the winners of its 2013 Sustainable Development Awards

三月 11, 2013

Potato Psyllid control with the Southern ladybird advances to field tests

Research conducted by the Bio-Protection Research Centre at Lincoln University, using the southern ladybird as a biological control agent, has shown the predator to be voracious and effective at reducing tomato-potato psyllid (TPP) numbers.

三月 09, 2013

"El vuelo de las papas fritas": aviones funcionarán con aceite usado

La aerolínea holandesa KLM efectuará un vuelo semanal entre Nueva York y Amsterdam con este biocombustible.

Irving Energy's General Manager Darren Gillis stands before compressed natural gas truck. Irving Oil announced today that it has signed an agreement with McCain Foods

三月 09, 2013

McCain Foods switches to truck delivered natural gas in New Brunswick and Maine

Irving Oil announced last week that it has signed an agreement with McCain Foods, making it Irving Oil’s newest natural gas industrial customer, and the first in New Brunswick to receive compressed natural gas (CNG) delivered by trucks.

二月 28, 2013

McDonald's France promises '100% French' fries in partnership with McCain

Fast Food chain McDonald's France has promised to serve "100% French"French Fries before the end of the year in all its 1260 restaurants.

二月 26, 2013

La papa empleada por los McDonald’'s franceses será ahora cultivada en Francia

El proteccionismo francés llega a las mesas del Mcdonald's. De aquí a noviembre de este año en los McDonald's del país sólo se comerán french fries. Nada de patatas fritas a base de tubérculos belgas, como servían ahora algunos de sus restaurantes.

二月 26, 2013

World leaders feast on Kenyan foodstuff rejected by UK supermarkets.

Cutting food waste went a notch higher on Tuesday evening as world ministers were treated to a feast of Kenyan foodstuff rejected by UK supermarkets.

二月 20, 2013

GMO Labeling Bill Introduced in US Congress

Today Colorado’s Jared Polis will announce, outside a reborn organic retail store in Boulder, that he is introducing a federal bill in Congress to mandate the labeling of food containing genetically modified organisms in all 50 states.

二月 15, 2013

Proyecto regional desarrolla variedades de papa tolerantes al cambio climático

Un consorcio de ocho instituciones de Latinoamérica y España trabaja desde el 2010 para desarrollar variedades de papa adaptables a condiciones ambientales desfavorables y preparar metodologías y herramientas que aceleren el proceso.

二月 11, 2013

EPA Registration for SmartBlock® Sprout inhibitor of American Vanguard

American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE:AVD) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, AMVAC Chemical Corporation (AMVAC), has received registration from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for SmartBlock®, a novel potato sprout inhibitor.

二月 09, 2013

Innovaciones tecnológicas desarrolladas por el CIP contribuyen a certificar papa orgánica en Perú

Gracias a tres innovaciones tecnológicas implementadas por el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) se ha podido controlar el gorgojo de los Andes y la polilla de la papa, dos plagas que dificultaban la certificación orgánica del tubérculo.

二月 06, 2013

Aprendiendo de los expertos en agricultura adaptada a la variabilidad climática: lecciones de los agricultores del altiplano

La comunidad científica internacional está de acuerdo en que una de las mayores manifestaciones del cambio climático es la creciente variabilidad interanual y estacional de la temperatura, precipitación y radiación solar, lo que se traduce en una mayor...

Director del INIA Perú inaugurando la reunión de Clipapa

二月 04, 2013

Analizan metodologías para restar efectos del cambio climático en la papa

El Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (Inia) inauguró esta mañana una importante reunión de científicos internacionales, que vienen desarrollando metodologías y herramientas moleculares eficientes, para contrarrestar los efectos que está producie...

一月 14, 2013

Argentina: Colectivos de Rosario funcionarán con aceite de papa frita

Los micros del transporte urbano de pasajeros de la ciudad de Rosario, funcionarán en breve con biocombustible obtenido con el reciclado del aceite vegetal que usan restaurantes y bares para fritar comidas.

十一月 26, 2012

Belgapom supports Conpapa potato project in Ecuador

On the occasion of the opening of Interpom Primeurs, its biennial international trade fair in Kortrijk Xpo, Belgapom, the professional association of the Belgian potato trade and processing sector, launched its corporate social responsibility project.

十一月 12, 2012

Water treatment technology by Van Antwerpen Milieutechniek BV at the Interpom | Primeurs 2012

Van Antwerpen Milieutechniek BV showcase their water treatment technology at the Interpom | Primeurs.

十一月 11, 2012

New French Fry line for Lamb Weston in Boardman, Oregon

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE:CAG) announced today an estimated $200 million expansion of its Lamb Weston frozen potato facility in Boardman, Ore. This strategic investment will add a new line to the plant – increasing capacity for making french fries and...

十一月 04, 2012

TOMRA's Stefan Ranstrand speaks at TEDxOslo about the Resource Revolution

Stefan Ranstrand, President and CEO of TOMRA (Odenberg, BEST) spoke at this year’s TEDxOslo conference about the Resource Revolution, and how we need to take action to solve the challenges ahead.