World Potato Congress highlights important role of potato in global food security

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…

Today is an important day for the potato sector worldwide. On May 30 of this year, the first International Day of Potato will take place. In 2018, the World Potato Congress took the initiative for an International Day of Potato. Together with Peru and a number of other countries, this initiative for an annual potato…

Global agrifood systems are facing challenges to feed the world’s growing population and the potato can provide an effective solution. That was the key message delivered at a webinar held by the World Potato Congress (WPC) on Monday, 29 April, ahead of International Day of Potato on 30 May.

World Potato Congress Inc. is pleased to present the Webinar: “International Day of Potato 2024-Harvesting Diversity, Feeding Hope” presented by Dr André Devaux and Dr. Chikelu Mba, April 29, 2024, at 9:00 am Eastern Standard Time (USA/Canada).