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China will make potatoes their staple food within four years, in a big shift that aims to stop land, water and food shortages. It also aims to ensure basic food supply is available as the country’s population balloons to 1.3 billion by 2020.
This year, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has released 16 new kinds of potatoes, with bright pink and purple being touted as the hot new fashion colours for potatoes in Spring 2016.
On February 18, David Thompson, President and CEO of World Potato Congress Inc. announced three new appointments to the WPC Board of Directors and International Advisory Committee.
According to potato industry officials 2015 was a slower year for sales of fresh Maine potatoes: sales volume were down 2.2 percent overall and the largest-selling russet burbank was down 3.2 percent, reports Nielsen FreshFacts data.
Sources say the 2016 Southern Idaho Potato Cooperative contract will include new language mandating a minimum of two years of alternate crops between potatoes.
Recent research in the US revealed that children are not consuming enough vegetables, resulting in an inadequate intake of key nutrients.
Andrew Brown, claims to have lost 30 pounds in just over 40 days, while still eating as much as he likes; albeit only potatoes.
This year, the Bolivian Government expects a 47,039 tonne deficit in the potato harvest due to the rains and droughts caused by El Niño, which will reduce the production volume by 66,550 tonnes.