China: Small Potatoes, Big Industry
Potatoes pull people out of poverty in Gansu
Asia 27/05/2015
EEUU: Minnesotans concerned about potato pesticides turned away from McDonald’s meeting
A group of rural Minnesotans hoping to present their concerns about McDonald’s use of potato pesticides were denied entrance to the company’s shareholder meeting Thursday, they said.
Norte Am. 27/05/2015
Ucrania: "Oekraïense aardappelsector wordt langzaam volwassen"
Oekraïne is een echt aardappelland. Jaarlijks produceert het meer dan 22 miljoen ton aardappelen, waarmee het de vierde aardappelproducent ter wereld is.
Europa 27/05/2015
Canadá: Canadian gardeners enlisted help billion-dollar potato industry
The (Prince Edward Island) Department of Agriculture and Forestry is asking gardeners to plant only tomato varieties with a proven resistance to a new strain of late blight.
Norte Am. 27/05/2015
Bolivia: Importación de papa peruana sube 38%
Bolivia es gran productora de papas, pero, paradójicamente, en 2014 importó de Perú 31.251 toneladas de este alimento, 8.665 más que en 2013 (38 por ciento de incremento).
Latam 26/05/2015
Perú lidera producción de papa en Latinoamérica
Perú se mantiene como el mayor productor de papa en Latinoamérica y es el décimo cuarto a nivel mundial, informó hoy la directora de Negocios Agrícolas del Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego (Minagri), Mirna Zuzunaga.
Latam 26/05/2015
Polonia: Irish farming opportunities abound in western Poland
There are tremendous prospects for young people from Ireland to establish attractive share farming opportunities in western Poland, according to Tim Bergin of Pomerania-based PSD Produce.
Europa 23/05/2015
Bulgaria: Potato acreage down 30%
Bulgarian potato producers are predicting another 30% reduction in the acreage in 2015; an understandable result of a collapse in their income over last year and the cost of growing this vegetable in the country.
Europa 23/05/2015