El portal de la papa en Argentina
University of Idaho has hired a new director and a promoted a worker to be a full-time greenhouse manager for its nuclear seed potato program, and intends to invest in new infrastructure.
After heavy flooding hurt production six months ago Victorian potato growers are reporting high yields and quality.
After the discovery of a destructive pest known as the tomato potato miner at a Perth farm, Eastern States banned the import of produce from Western Australia in order to quarantine the problem.
20 lutego Podkarpacki Ośrodek Doradztwa Rolniczego w Boguchwale (woj. podkarpackie) zorganizował konferencję dotyczącą nowości w hodowli i ochronie ziemniaków.
Belizean potato farmers are in crisis mode because their product is rotting in the fields. It’s due to Mexican imported potatoes which were still on the market when the Belize crop became ready for harvest.
Germicopa affiche des objectifs ambitieux pour les 4 ans à venir. Le nouveau directeur souhaite dépasser les 80 000 tonnes de plant de pomme de terre produites en 2020. Il envisage aussi de réduire le nombre de variétés commercialisées à 40 maximum.
The city government of Zamboanga, through the City Agriculture Office, has embarked on potato seedling production, in line with a goal to make Zamboanga City a major producer of potatoes.
While changes in health habits like low-carb diets in the US have had an effect on demand for potatoes in the World, these negative views of the vegetable are beginning to change according to Blair Richardson, president of Potatoes USA.