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De aardappel als wereldvoedsel

Aardapppelsteden Wulanchabu in Inner Mongolië (China) en Emmeloord in Noordoostpolder gaan samenwerken op aardappelgebied. Dat is het resultaat van een bezoek dat burgemeester Aucke van der Werff onlangs bracht aan Wulanchabu. Het bezoek maakte onderdeel uit van een Flevolands bezoek aan China. Meer

Potato passion lives on in Peru

Potatoes account for 25 per cent of Peru’s agricultural gross domestic product, and are produced by large commercial operations on irrigated land north of the capital Lima and by traditional subsistence farmers in the Andes, where the tuber originated thousands of years ago. More than 4500 varieties of potatoes exist worldwide, with 2500 of these native to Peru. Far more[Read More…]

Idaho spuds given as diplomatic gesture to Russians

Officials with the Idaho Potato Commission are pleased by a lofty new role for their commodity – promoting world peace. Prior to meetings about unrest in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a gift of two large Idaho bakers. “We were obviously very thrilled to see this picture of Secretary Kerry using two[Read More…]