Venezuela: Nueva Ley de Semillas afecta el cultivo de papa
La norma aprobada el 23 de diciembre dificulta la producción en Aragua, Carabobo y Lara, donde dependen de la importación
Latam 30/12/2015
EEUU: RUSSETING OF RED SKINNED POTATOES IS A TOUGH PROBLEM
An attractive appearance is crucial in the marketing of table potatoes. A clean, shiny, bright-coloured skin free of diseases or other defects is desired in red-skinned cultivars such as Norland, Pontiac and Peregrine. Unfortunately a range of diseas
Norte Am. 30/12/2015
EEUU: Insect, virus harangue potato industry, stymie scientists
On the flip side of farmers worrying about pests are entomologists, who earn a living understanding odd creatures such as aphids, a huge family of self-cloning, virus-spreading insects.
Norte Am. 30/12/2015
India: Potato acreage seen crossing 2 million hectares
Favourable winter temperature is set to boost potato cultivation in the country this year. But experts have cautioned against the looming threat of late blight disease in the tuber mainly in the North, thereby hurting the yield.
Asia 30/12/2015
Chile: “Mesa Regional de la Papa” se realizó en Osorno
Mesa Regional de la Papa” define prioridades y apunta a potenciar a la Región como principal zona productora de tubérculo semilla legal
Latam 30/12/2015
Armenia: Agribusiness expert advises Armenian farmers to grow potato in 2016
Hrach Berberyan, the head of the Agrarian-Peasant Union of Armenia, advises farmers to cultivate potatoes, predicting that next year the harvest of early crops of potatoes will be in great demand in the Russian market.
Asia 30/12/2015
EEUU: Climate Change, Booming Potato Chip Market Threaten Idaho Potato Harvest
As Idaho prepares to embrace its potato state stereotype by dropping a giant spud in front of the Statehouse on New Year’s Eve, Gem State farmers are expressing serious concern about the fate of Idaho potato crops in 2016.
Norte Am. 30/12/2015
Dominica: HIGHER QUALITY POTATO SEEDS NOW ON ISLAND
Great news for potato farmers this Christmas as more potato planting material arrived on island on Saturday, December 19th.
Norte Am. 30/12/2015