December 17, 2024 | Articles

Solana Group presents innovation and sustainability at opening of new breeding company

The official opening of the new breeding station of the German Solana Group in Windeby, located in the state of Sleeswijk-Holstein, was held in the summer of 2024. This event, attended by 130 guests, among whom Prime Minister Daniel Günther, highlighted the family business’s continued commitment to innovation, sustainability and regional development.

December 17, 2024 | Articles

Flying start for PotatoEurope 2025

The organisation of PotatoEurope, which will take place on 3 and 4 September 2025 at the Dutch location of Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Field Crops in Lelystad, can already speak of a flying start. At the end of the year 2024 space is already getting limited. These early registrations underline the value that this…

December 16, 2024 | News

Potato Expo 2025: Shaping the Future of the Potato Industry

Potato Expo 2025 is set to be the ultimate gathering for potato industry professionals, offering a unique platform to connect, innovate, and explore the trends and technologies. This event, taking place form 9-10 January 2025, will welcome over 2,000 attendees and 200 exhibitors, making it the largest meeting of potato professionals in North America. Whether…

November 29, 2024 | News

Supporting 15,000 small holder farmers in Kenya through a Hub Site Model

On December 6 2024 the World Potato Congress is presenting a webinar on ‘Supporting small holder farmers in Kenya through a decentralized Hub Site Model’. Christopher Gasperi, Founder & Managing Director of FreshCrop Limited, will explain the service delivery model used to provide a one stop shop from Fresh Crop hubsites for farmers to access…

November 18, 2024 | News

BNA now operating under the name EUROPLANT Innovation

The German Böhm-Nordkartoffel Agrarproduktion GmbH & Co. OHG (BNA) is now operating under the name EUROPLANT Innovation GmbH & Co. KG. The EUROPLANT corporate group now is all under the EUROPLANT umbrella.With the renaming of BNA, all individual activities within the corporate group are united under the common umbrella brand EUROPLANT. This includes the entire…

October 25, 2024 | News

Potato Variety Days 2024 e-book

From November 6-8, the Potato Variety Days 2024 will take place in the Netherlands. During these days, international trading and breeding companies present their (new) varieties to their existing and potential clients.As a very closely involved partner of the Potato Variety Days, PotatoWorld magazine has published an e-book in the run-up to the event.Content of…

October 16, 2024 | Articles

DNA wart disease unravelled

Wageningen University has again been successful in forcing a breakthrough in the DNA research of a formidable adversary of the potato. Researchers of Plant Research International (PRI) have, in fact, very recently managed to isolate DNA from the causer of wart disease. This involves the soil fungus Synchytrium endobioticum. According to scientists, the unravelling of…

October 16, 2024 | Articles

Farm Frites variety viewing proves successful

Early in January, for the fifth consecutive time, the annual Farm Frites variety viewing was held at the crop farm of the Vrij family in Ouden­hoorn. Right from the start, the potato processor from Oudenhoorn has been inviting breeding stations for the event. They are invited to carry out an anonymous visual assessment of all…

October 16, 2024 | Articles

Chinese enquire about Dutch seed potatoes

Towards the end of 2010, the Netherlands Potato Consul­tative Foundation (NIVAP) received visitors from Inner Mongolia: Mr Sun Huimin, deputy secretary-general of Inner Mongolia and Chi Bo, director of the trust office of the Inner Mongolia Science and Technology Department.

October 16, 2024 | Articles

Lactic acid bacteria slow down formation of acrylamide

It was announced this month that Zeracryl, a small research laboratory in Norway, has developed a method to greatly reduce the acrylamide content in potatoes. According to the laboratory, this is done with the help of lactic acid bacteria.