HIP now and later: The development of resilient cultivation systems with less input is central

It is now ten years since the idea arose in the potato sector to start a joint multi-year research project. The industry, interest groups including NAO (Dutch Potato Organisations), VAVI (Dutch Association of Potato Processors) and the government put their heads together for this. A few years later, Holland Innovative Potato, HIP for short, was born. Results achieved over the past five years and planned pre-competitive research for the coming years was discussed in full during the recently held meeting in the Dutch town of Zoetermeer. The development of resilient cultivation systems with less input is central to HIP, was the message.