Potato News

Alimentos y Regiones, un programa de televisión muy popular en el país, acaba de producir un video con estadísticas muy interesantes del cultivo.

Reportaje de la agencia china de noticias CCTV que muestra cómo el gobierno de la provincia de Xiji estimula el cultivo de la papa como una estrategia para aliviar la pobreza de sus habitantes.

Históricamente Cañete ha estado vinculada a la producción de papas de gran calidad, logrando ejemplares de características organolépticas incomparables y reconocidas a nivel nacional por los propios consumidores. Conservar estas propiedades de origen, es el objetivo de un convenio firmado entre el INIA y el SAG, a través del cual se dará vida al “Taller de formación de líderes en producción de semillas de papas”, actividad de ochos sesiones y una gira técnica que se desarrollarán hasta diciembre del presente año.

The University of Idaho is leading a $3.2 million project to combat microscopic worms (nematodes) that threaten potato production.

The first common event of Freshfel Europe & Europatat took place this week: “Doing something good to yourself and to others will be the driver for the purchasing decision of fresh-produce customers”, concluded the associations.

For Belgian potato traders, Sweden is a small, but admittedly growing market. In late April, the potential for Belgian fresh and processed potato exports was further explored.

Energy efficiency is a top R&D priority for equipment manufacturer Bühler. Driven by recent successes in this field, Bühler has set its target to reduce the energy requirement in its core processes by another 20% by 2020.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found an Idaho frozen food manufacturer failed to safeguard employees and was unprepared to respond to a potentially lethal release of 1,300 lbs. of anhydrous ammonia on Dec. 1, 2015.

After 5 months, the strike at Covered Bridge Potato Chips in Hartland has come to an end after unionized workers voted in favour of a deal..

National vegetable industry body AUSVEG is concerned that Australian potato growers will be left out of pocket following Australia’s largest potato supplier entering receivership in early May.

Greg Donald, manager of the Prince Edward Island Potato Board, estimated Wednesday that between 65 and 75 per cent of the Island’s 2016 potato crop would be in the ground

Europatat appoints a new board, including Jos Muyshondt as President, Domenico Citterio as vice-president and Gilles Fontaine as treasurer.