El portal de la papa en Argentina
A three year project, seeking to secure critical potato nematology expertise for the future and aiming to ensure continuity of scientific skills for the industry, is being led by Dr Jon Pickup, Head of Virology & Zoology at Science & Advice for Scott
The country is expected to have a bumper potato crop this season, which can fetch a record foreign exchange, said an official of Ministry of National Food Security and Research (NFSR).
In Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, the state government is aiming to produce 350,000 tonnes of potato this rabi season, under the potato mission launched last year to make Odisha self-sufficient in tuber production.
Punjab grows 90 percent of Pakistan’s potato crop and this season a bumper yield of 3.71 million tons is expected. According to an official of Ministry of National Food Security and Research (NFSR), this can fetch a record foreign exchange.
Vrouwen die te veel aardappelen eten voordat ze zwanger zijn, hebben meer kans op zwangerschapsdiabetes dan vrouwen die geen tot weinig aardappelen eten, blijkt uit onderzoek van Amerikaanse wetenschappers.
The overall mood of several Red River Valley red potato shippers reflected substantial disappointment with low prices as 2015 shipping drew to a close. However, streaks of optimism simmered based on several points.
BOISE, Idaho — A potato genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine is as safe as any other potato on the market, the Food and Drug Administration says.
The Yunnan Normal University in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, announced on Wednesday 13 January that it would establish a department dedicated to potato studies.