El portal de la papa en Argentina
"Attualmente la fornitura di patate Bintje presente sul mercato è abbondante. Eppure ci sono alcuni lotti di bassa qualità che il settore sta immettendo sul mercato prima.
Manitoba potato growers had expected to produce about 22 million hundredweight of potatoes in 2018, but the actual total will be about nine percent less.
Schönheitsfehler und gleichzeitig höhere Preise: Nun bekommen auch die Verbraucher die Folgen der Dürre für den Kartoffelmarkt zu spüren. Leere Regale muss jedoch niemand befürchten.
Earlier this month, Breeders Trust - an organisation looking after the interest of a.o. potato breeders - revealed a major fraud, concerning the switching of at least 200 tons of potatoes meant for consumption, to seed potatoes.
Manitoba has a potato shortage. Potato production dropped heavily because of poor conditions at harvest.
Acrylamide in refined food is a growing and serious concern among international health authorities.
Scientists from the International Potato Center (CIP) are using wild potatoes to develop climate-resilient varieties.
Allan Siano is a Senior Science Research Specialist at the government of the Philippines, undertaking a PhD programme in Horticultural Science at the School of Agriculture and Environment of Massey University, New Zealand.