March 18, 2025 | Articles

The potato deserves it

The United Nations (UN) decided in late 2023 – given the great potential of the potato – to celebrate International Potato Day annually on 30 May. Quote from the UN: ‘Solanum tuberosum, the potato, the world’s third largest food crop, contributes greatly to food security and nutrition, but also to the livelihoods and employment of…

March 19, 2024 | Articles

Sensitive to resistance

The terms breeding and specifically resistances are increasingly used in European policy documents as an important part of the route to sustainable potato cultivation with minimal emissions and use of crop protection products. Breeding must provide varieties that meet new emission and climate requirements and are also resistant to all kinds of pests and diseases.

November 25, 2020 | Articles

Taking responsibility

I hope that everyone reading this already knows the slogan ‘Power to the Potato’. This slogan is a symbol of the promotional campaign of the Dutch potato trade. About 35 companies and the NAO have been investing for a period of six years in strengthening the image of the potato.

February 27, 2018 | Articles

Breeding costs time, the world is in a hurry

I was recently at an EU conference in Brussels, organised by the European Commission; the topic was modern biotechnology and, in particular, whether or not to apply it in agriculture and horticulture.