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Global challenges
The first ever International Potato Day took place on 30 May this year. During the meetings held worldwide, a clear picture unfolded, showing that both emerging economies and Western countries are facing major challenges.
‘New varieties essential to maintain a place in the modern potato market’
It’s been a hundred years since the predecessors of the Agroplant family business started their trading company. Today, in 2024, the fifth generation is at the helm of the company with Bram (50), Jan (49) en Joris (47) van der Lee. ‘What has been of paramount importance for a century already is that our company…
A glimpse into the gene bank
As a newcomer to the potato world, I have now been working for a year and a half as curator of the potato collection at the gene bank of the Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (CGN). You might imagine a gene bank as a large, cold vault full of seeds, and that is partly…
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…
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.
First International Potato Day connects
On May 30 this year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) celebrated the first edition of the International Potato Day, with the theme ‘Harvesting diversity, feeding hope’. The initiative was not only celebrated at the FAO headquarters in Rome, but received widespread attention on all continents. ‘The potato is the most important life-saving…
World Potato Congress aims to connect the old and new world
From 23 to 26 June this year, the World Potato Congress (WPC) took place in the Australian town of Adelaide. Over a thousand delegates from over 40 countries had travelled to this country to learn from the various speakers, but certainly also from each other. The central theme of the international potato conference was: ’Old…
Advanced training in unique French-Dutch seminar
Trade fairs are increasingly presenting themselves lately as platforms for advanced sector training. And this trend was also experienced at PotatoEurope France, thanks to a unique collaboration between the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and the Dutch Potato Organisation (NAO). A jointly organised seminar focused on collaboration between the Netherlands and France, highlighted modern methods of…
Solynta presents itself as a global TPS seed supplier
As a breeder of hybrid potato varieties, Solynta presents itself today as a global seed supplier of true potato seed (TPS). Especially as Kenya has now granted permission for three varieties from the Dutch company to be sold commercially. In addition, Solynta has entered into a partnership with Bayer to distribute TPS in Kenya and…
New online platform for potato auction launched
Service2Potato is a new international online trading platform for auctioning potatoes that was launched at the recently-held Potato Demonstration Day trade fair in the Dutch village of Westmaas. ‘It aims to make the market fully transparent. By giving supply and demand free rein, a fair price is created for both buyers and sellers’, the initiators…
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