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Germán Palacio, manager of Fedepapa, said that the sector faces one of the most critical moments in recent years as a result of the "drastic drop in consumption." The manager of the ...

Houston-based Mountain King Potatoes is stepping up its packaging capacity of smaller-sized potatoes varieties in the face of strong demand. A recently authorized fourth round of purchases for the USDA Farmers to Families Food ...

The area dedicated to the production of seed potatoes in Spain is 2,150 hectares, with a very good quality crop that has managed to maintain itself these years where others are seeing ...

Can intelligent technology help ensure value chains can continue to function uninterrupted in the face of a future pandemic? How can we cost-effectively collect and utilize soil data to automate variable rate ...

Good quality, volume predicted as San Luis Valley crop hits the market. Colorado’s unmatched scenery, climate, and its popularity as a tourist destination often overshadow some of its less obvious assets, such ...

Quality and traceability, two important requirements of potato fresh packing, are threatened by market disruptions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns have increased home-cooking and the popularity of fresh potatoes, packers may ...

The New Zealand potato industry are relieved that the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) trade remedies team has now launched an investigation into the proven threat of surplus frozen fries ...

peasants from Boyaca take to the highways to give away or sell their product at very low costs to prevent them from rotting. Denouncing the abandonment of the national government, the potato-producing ...

Society is increasingly dependent on technology. However, not everyone has equal access. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), people in developing countries are at risk of being left behind during the ongoing digital ...

The European potato sector is faced with low prices, high costs, major challenges in the field of plant health and the reduction of environmental impact and, due to corona, for the time ...

Most P.E.I. potato farmers have harvested all their spuds, and are not surprised to report the 2020 crop is down.  "We all know we had a hot, dry summer — it was ...

The Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation released Developing Global Priorities for Plant Research: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Variability, today. With support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and ...

Joshua Kagera embraced potato farming with gusto four years ago. Back then he says, things were sweet. “I was able to live comfortably from growing the crop. I had a steady market ...

Farm experts are of the view that rising prices of essential commodities coupled with wage deflation and increasing joblessness are pushing poor households to the point of distress despite the government's relief ...

"We are seeing the world become far more agile through the use of technology," Alison Sunstrum, founder of CNSRV-X, said during her Oct. 27 appearance on an Innovation in a Growing Agriculture ...

With fresh vegetable sales boosted by people cooking more at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, many potato fresh packers are stretched to capacity. Some are even turning away work because they are ...

Words by Heather Woods, from the October issue of NZ Grower In 1918, still a teenager, Quentin Wright wrote in his journal that they were planting potatoes when news came through that ...

The Organisation of Northwest European Potato Growers (NEPG) expects a dramatic decline in potato cultivation due to corona. The reasons for this are the continued significantly lower demand due to Covid requirements in the catering ...

Where will farmers go with technology in the decades ahead? ( MGN ) According to a new research report from RELX, parent company of Proagrica, artificial intelligence (AI) investments have increased during ...

One of the unforeseen consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is the large increase in demand for fresh fruit and vegetables. This means that some potato fresh packers are now busier than ever, ...

Mobile internet and digital technologies have had a profound impact on China’s rural economy, creating a wave of farming entrepreneurs;Ecommerce has brought jobs to rural areas, opened new markets for rural businesses ...

JAVIER MELENDEZ. From a childhood in the countryside to running the first national potato operator, Potatoes Meléndez A potato factory as the flagship of innovation for an entire sector? "Why not?"» Javier Meléndez, a ...

On Monday in Hanover, the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture took stock of this year's harvest. Because 2020 was the third dry year in a row, crop yields were very different regionally, ...

FAO Regional Conference breaks attendance record with more than 540 participants and close to 30,000 following it through digital platforms 21 October 2020, Managua/Santiago/Rome - The 36th Session of FAO's Regional Conference for ...

Manitoba won’t see the undug acres of 2018 and 2019, although many yields aren’t bursting any storages Manitoba’s potato crop won’t be breaking yield records. Then again, at least the crop is ...