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.
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.
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.
Sources say the 2016 Southern Idaho Potato Cooperative contract will include new language mandating a minimum of two years of alternate crops between potatoes.
Elizabeth Truss, segretario all’Ambiente del Regno Unito, la definisce una "rivoluzione alimentare"; e infatti nei dati relativi al periodo 1974-2014 rilasciati di recente dal National Food Survey - ente statistico del Dipartimento per l’Ambiente .
In a recent survey conducted by the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC), it was revealed that consumers aren’t aware that potatoes are a potassium-rich food.
Recent research in the US revealed that children are not consuming enough vegetables, resulting in an inadequate intake of key nutrients.
Een onderzoeksproject dat werd uitgevoerd door de Idaho State University en geleid door assistent-hoogleraar geowetenschappen Donna Delparte, heeft ontdekt dat gewasziekten in aardappelvelden vroeg en accuraat kunnen worden gedetecteerd .
