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Sorting the rocks from the spuds

Up until this fall, Alex Docherty, chairman of the PEI Potato Board and a potato farmer in Elmwood, P.E.I., would do what most potato farmers...

Potato variety ‘Qingshu 9’ a success story in China and beyond

In their efforts to improve the food security and livelihoods of farmers around the world, potato breeders at the International Potato Center (CIP) strive...

Cambodia Opens First Potato Research Centre

With potato consumption continuing to rise in the Kingdom, the Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday unveiled a $200,000 (U.S.) research center it hopes will research...

CIP MARKS 45 YEARS OF GLOBAL RESEARCH, INNOVATION

Nearly half a century ago, when the International Potato Center (CIP) was founded, potato collectors in remote regions of Central America traveled for “weeks...

How McCain Foods Uses Big Data

Big data was something McCain Foods discovered by chance. In fact it was a concept its director of agronomy Dr. Yves Leclerc wasn’t even familiar...

2016 Ontario On-Farm Potato Variety Trial Exceeded Expectations

Selecting suitable varieties is the first step in any successful potato operation. Not only must varieties suit the intended market, but they must also...

Sorting the rocks from the spuds

Up until this fall, Alex Docherty, chairman of the PEI Potato Board and a potato farmer in Elmwood, P.E.I., would do what most potato farmers...

Potato variety ‘Qingshu 9’ a success story in China and beyond

In their efforts to improve the food security and livelihoods of farmers around the world, potato breeders at the International Potato Center (CIP) strive...

Cambodia Opens First Potato Research Centre

With potato consumption continuing to rise in the Kingdom, the Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday unveiled a $200,000 (U.S.) research center it hopes will research...

CIP MARKS 45 YEARS OF GLOBAL RESEARCH, INNOVATION

Nearly half a century ago, when the International Potato Center (CIP) was founded, potato collectors in remote regions of Central America traveled for “weeks...

How McCain Foods Uses Big Data

Big data was something McCain Foods discovered by chance. In fact it was a concept its director of agronomy Dr. Yves Leclerc wasn’t even familiar...

2016 Ontario On-Farm Potato Variety Trial Exceeded Expectations

Selecting suitable varieties is the first step in any successful potato operation. Not only must varieties suit the intended market, but they must also...