España: Tenerife calcula una producción de cerca de 40 millones de kilos de papa
La producción de papa en Tenerife se situará este año en torno a los 40 millones de kilos, según los cálculos del Cabildo tinerfeño.
Europa 24/06/2022
España (Galicia): Paro de productores de patata y cereal ante el aumento de la energía
El secretario xeral de Unións Agrarias, Roberto García, avanzó que los productores de patatal y cereal preparan un paro comarcal en Ourense debido a la subida de costes y la imposibilidad de repercutir esos gastos.
Europa 23/06/2022
EEUU: University of Idaho researchers aiding in development of solar-powered weeding robot
A pair of researchers from University of Idaho’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are partnering with a Washington company to develop a solar-powered robot that will rove autonomously through farm fields and eradicate weeds
Norte Am. 23/06/2022
Serbia: Serbia faces potato shortage and soaring prices
The price of potatoes in Serbia rose 193% since 2021 due to last year’s drought and large-scale imports, which discouraged domestic production, Guča-based Agro-Mobile company director Ratko Vukićević said on Tuesday.
Europa 23/06/2022
Seguridad Alimentaria: Researchers are finding innovative ways to recycle discarded food waste to create prebiotics.
Food waste is a problem of supersized proportions. One third of the food we grow – 1.3 billion tonnes – is wasted. Not only is this shameful when 690 million people go to bed hungry every night, but it also produces an estimated 1.8 billion tonnes
Europa 23/06/2022
Sudáfrica: A SECOND MCCAIN’S FARMS OF THE FUTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA
McCain Foods Limited has announced plans for a second Farm of the Future in South Africa as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and address the effects of climate change.
Africa 23/06/2022
Irlanda: Fundamental change in blight strains impacting Irish potato crops
There is a major displacement of potato-blight strain populations taking place in Ireland at the present time.
Europa 23/06/2022
Canadá: Do cows like potatoes? Inflation is causing one Canadian farmer to find out
As Maria Iqbal reports for the Toronto Star, Lieven Verschaeve is serving up something new on his 500-acre farm in Blyth in Canada’s Ontario province.
Norte Am. 23/06/2022