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De raad van commissarissen van Royal Avebe maakt vandaag bekend David Fousert per 1 september te benoemen als nieuwe bestuursvoorzitter en CEO. Hiermee volgt hij Bert Jansen op die na 13 jaar afscheid neemt van de coöperatie. Fousert is op dit moment COO bij ForFarmers.

AHDB has announced it is winding down significant activities on behalf of the horticulture and potatoes sectors. While awaiting a decision on the future by Ministers in England, Scotland and Wales, AHDB wants to reassure levy payers their views have been heard.

Potato growing in Estonia has seen a three-fold decline in the past decade, ETV news show "Aktuaalne kaamera" (AK) reported Tuesday. Farmers are blaming the unprofitability of growing the tuber – which only makes money one year out of every three, they say.

Princesa Amandine® en su deseo de ayudar a la población que más lo necesita y a todos aquellos que se encuentran en situación de vulnerabilidad, ha realizado una donación de patatas a los Bancos de Alimentos de Madrid y Barcelona.

Con más de 8 millones de kg vendidos, Udapa cierra la campaña de comercialización de patata de Álava. El pasado mes, Udapa dio por finalizada la campaña de comercialización de patata de Álava con sello Eusko Label y Euskal Baserri.

El objetivo principal del proyecto UREZPAPA es lograr una mayor eficacia en el manejo del agua para conseguir el mayor ahorro posible de este recurso, sin que el rendimiento del cultivo disminuya.

NDC Technologies, a leading global provider of precision measurement and control solutions, proudly offers the Series 9 online food gauge and InfraLab e-Series at-line analyzer to companies looking for accurate and reliable control of key constituents in the manufacturing process.

Pescar patatas en una maceta llena de tierra resulta un placer. Pero hay más motivos para cultivar tus propias patatas en la terraza: se trata de uno de los cultivos más sencillos, fiables y sabrosos.

El municipio inicia una campaña de promoción en redes, hostelería y concursos para reivindicar el valor de su producto estrella.

Europatat is part of an international consortium involved in the research project ADAPT which aims at developing new strategies to make potatoes fit for the challenging growing conditions of the future.

Recently, APH Group and Solidtec agreed on cooperation in marketing, sales, and service in Central- Eastern Europe, Turkey, and the whole of Asia. Solidtec, a member of the Manter Group from Holland, develops and produces state-of-the-art palletizing machines.

On 29 April 2021, the European Commission published a study into new genomic techniques and the consequences of the European Court of Justice's July 2018 judgment.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 120.9 points in April 2021, 2.0 points (1.7 percent) higher than in March, and as much as 28.4 points (30.8 percent) above the same period last year.

Leading French potato producer PARMENTINE has equipped its new line in Samazan with two optical sorters from TOMRA Food - one the TOMRA 5A, the other the Sentinel-II.

Scotts Precision Manufacturing has extended its distribution network with the appointment of a new sales and service agent to cover Scotland.

IFAD said it aimed to provide an additional US$1.5 billion to Africa to support national efforts to transform food and agricultural systems over the next three years.

The board of directors of Tomra Systems ASA has appointed Tove Andersen (b. 1970) as new President and CEO of TOMRA Group. Tove joins from Yara International ASA where she has had a successful international career for 24 years, most recently as Executive Vice President Europe.

Work has started on a new GBP 6m facility, which will be used to extract high-grade plant protein from potatoes, at Branston's site in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Branston is working alongside B-hive Innovations as part of a collaborative project to improve potato crop utilization.