Potato News from Asia

Calbee Inc. said Tuesday it will set up in June a joint venture with Haitai Confectionery &Food Co. of South Korea that will make potato chips and other snacks in the country.

Bangladesh Potato exports surged 71 percent to 16,570 tonnes in the first ten months (July-April) of the current fiscal year, exceeding the total quantity of the tuber exports last year.

Potatoes worth millions of rupees were gutted in a major fire in the Khedut Cold Storage (KCS), owned by the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee.

China's Ministry of Commerce said Monday it will impose [modified] anti-dumping duties on potato starch imports from the European Union (EU), effective April 19.

El Ministerio de Comercio de China anunció hoy la imposición de aranceles de importación por venta por debajo de su precio debido a los subsidios ("anti-dumping") a las importaciones de fécula de patata de la Unión Europea (UE), que entrarán ...

Doga Seed has placed the order for the supply and installation of a complete 3000 kg/h High-tech Frozen French Fries installation, to be established in the Nev?ehir Province in Turkey. It has chosen BMA for its excellent reputation in French Fries ind...

Export of potato from the northern districts of Bangladesh has generated a ray of hope for the farmers and traders which, if continues till June, may help them break even.

The scramble by global food companies into India's fast food sector intensified on Monday as several U.S. chains announced plans to enter the country.

Fast food chain McDonald's has decided to purchase frozen potatoes produced in the Central Anatolian province of Konya for its restaurants in Turkey and neighboring countries, according to the board chairman of the Konya Şeker company.

A New Brunswick potato farmer has been detained in Lebanon. Grand Falls-area farmer Henk Tepper of Tobique Farms has been arrested upon entry to the country that sits on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.

Around 200 potato farmers went on strike yesterday along the Larnaca-Ayia Napa road after still not having received compensation for damage to crops due to extreme weather conditions over the last two years.

Cargill announced that it signed an agreement with Marico Ltd. to acquire its refined sunflower oil brand Sweekar.

In Bangladesh, over a hundred 'contract potato growers' of Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts blocked Debiganj-Nilphamari road at Debiganj upazila headquarters

HardCastle India, which runs the south and west franchisee of McDonald’s in India, is on in expansion mode ever since McDonald’s Corp conferred it with the Development Licensee status.

Potato planting season is in full swing in the Bekaa farmlands and Elie Samaha must rush off to his tractor where two women are seated on a low-hanging platform, waiting for the machine to grind into action so they can toss seeds into its path.

Friday’s massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan had minimal impact on Calbee Inc., the Japanese snack food manufacturer and its American partners, including RDO-Calbee Foods of Boardman.

The Israeli Biotech company Rosetta Green Ltd. recently listed at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE:RSTG), demonstrated improved tolerance and survival of RGN-131 potato plants to drought stress.

ccording to Pakistani exporters, 200,000 tons of potatoes were expected to be exported to Russia during the current season