Sponsor of the month(Learn more)
June 03, 2010
Potato Processors join in Idaho trade mission to China
Idaho ag groups hope to find new export opportunities in China during a trade mission led by Gov. C.L. "Butch"Otter, from June 4-12.Potato processors from Idaho and the Idaho Potato Commission will focus on promoting frozen and dehydrated pot...
June 01, 2010
China turns to potato for food security
In the land of rice, China is looking at an unlikely tool for maintaining growth and social harmony: the potato. The Chinese government has begun ramping up research, production and training related to the humble spud, and hopes are high that it could...May 31, 2010
China Essence Group stock price tumbles
The stock price of potato starch manufacturer China Essence Group, listed at the Singapore Exchange, dropped 36%. The drop in the stock price triggered the Singapore Exchange to query the China Essence Group regarding trading activity, which meanwhi...
May 19, 2010
Guizhou working hard to become the largest potato-producing region in China
As Guizhou prepares for the three-day 2010 China potato festival to be held on May 28, statistics show that potato cultivation in the region is continuing to expand.According to statistics, the potato planting areas in Guizhou province has increased fr...April 20, 2010
China's first potato museum in Yanquing, Beijing
Potatoes also have a museum. China's first and only "Potato Museum"was completed in Yanqing County, Beijing. The history, current condition, development, promotion and application of potatoes in China are shown at the exhibition hall which co...
April 19, 2010
Potato Starch: China reviews import tariffs EU Potato Starch
China announced today to start a mid-term review of the anti-dumping duties on imports of potato starch from the European Union, a move which may lead to the increase of duties imposed in 2007. Sponsored Content
Sponsored Content
Sponsored Content
February 09, 2010
Beijing's potato research, hope and concern
The Agricultural Ministry of China and the International Potato Center (CIP) last week signed an agreement to launch the new CIP-China Center for Asia and the Pacific (CCCAP) in Beijing. The center, located at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Scien...
February 05, 2010
El CIP crea centro para aumentar capacidad de producción de papa y camote en China, Asia y el Pacífico
Altos funcionarios del Ministerio de Agricultura de la China –incluido el ministro del sector, Han Changfu– y del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) estuvieron presentes en la ceremonia formal de suscripción de la creación del Centro Internacional ...
February 05, 2010
International Potato Center launches CIP-China Center (CCCAP) to serve Asia and the Pacific
Top officials from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, including Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture, and from the International Potato Center (CIP) gathered today in a formal signing ceremony to launch the CIP-China Center for Asia and the Pacific (...
October 31, 2009
Agrarfrost Arrives in China with Quality Products and Local Sales Team
Agrarfrost, a leading European frozen potato producer headquartered in Wildeshausen, Germany, has officially launched operations in China.“As the first German producer to enter the country, we have begun to meet rising market demands with an approach u...October 23, 2009
Potato industry in China to be more productive in years ahead
Potato industry has been turned into a vital agro-business in China to effect a remarkable change to the regional economic structure with its present potato grown acreage making up one fourth of the total grown acreage worldwide.Farmers around China no...
March 27, 2009
China Essence CEO increases stake in the company, comments on loan obligations
China Essence Group Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its Chief Executive Officer Mr. Zhao Libin, purchased a total of 1,000,000 Company shares from the open market yesterday, at an average price of S$0.1137 per share.With the latest ... Sponsored Content 
March 16, 2009
Panorama de la produccion de papa en China
La producción de papa fresca en China para el 08/09 se prevé en 65 millones de toneladas métricas , lo que no cambia mucho respecto al año anterior. En los últimos dos años, alrededor del 10 por ciento de la superficie de patata de China desplazó a otr...February 23, 2009
First potato export from China to Europe
Four thousand five hundred kilograms of potatoes will be exported to Germany at the price of 1.5 USD per kilogram, marking the first instance of potato exports from China to Europe, according to news from Ningxia Daily.Ma Shengke, an official of the Xi...January 17, 2009
Tecnología brasileña para mejorar la producción de papa en China
De acuerdo a José Alberto Caram de Souza Dias, investigador del Instituto de Agronomía de Campinas (IAC), una tecnología desarrollada en Campinas, en el estado brasileño de Sao Paulo, puede aplicarse en China para impulsar la producción de papa. Según...January 15, 2009
Brazilian technology to improve Chinese potato production
Technology developed in Campinas, in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, is to be applied in China to boost potato production, according to Campinas Agronomy Institute (IAC) researcher, José Alberto Caram de Souza Dias.According to the researcher, the IA...December 03, 2007
New Chinese potato center to help global research in agriculture
China will soon set up a potato research center for the Asia-Pacific region.The move shows the world's biggest producer and consumer of the tuber is committed to spending more on global agricultural research.The new center will be part of Peru-based In...November 01, 2007
Sam Asiedu receives Friendship Award for potato research in China
Halting the collapse of potato production in the largest spud producing country in the world has led to a prestigious award for Sam Asiedu. This Canadian scientist from Truro was one of 50 scientists from 20 countries to be awarded the Friendship Award...