Organisations

April 20, 2023 | News

Europatat confirms main speakers for 2023 congress

The Polish Potato Federation and Europatat, the organisers of the first Polish edition of the Europatat Congress, recently announced the main confirmed speakers of the event taking place on 6 June 2023 in Gdańsk, Poland.

April 17, 2023 | News

World Potato Congress webinar features Potatoes USA representatives

On Wednesday April 19, 11:00am EST, Potatoes USA’s CEO and President Blair Richardson and Chief Marketing Officer Kim Breshears present the April edition of the World Potato Congress (WPC) webinar. Their presentation will focus on how Potatoes USA, the national marketing and promotion board representing U.S. growers and importers, is changing the narrative about the…

April 07, 2023 | News

European campaign promoting fresh potatoes prolonged

Promotional bodies Bord Bia, Europatat and VLAM recently announced that their campaign “Potatoes, prepare to be surprised – Europe’s favourite since 1536”, will continue for three more years. The aim of the programme’s activities is to encourage the consumption of fresh potatoes among millennials in Ireland, France and Belgium.

March 21, 2023 | Articles

‘Europatat aims to take on a leading role with new strategy’

On January 12, 1952, the “European Union for the Wholesale Trade in Potatoes” was established in Paris. Over seventy years later the secretariat of the European Potato Trade Association, now shortly called Europatat, has recently moved into a new office near the heart of European politics in Brussels. ‘One of the main changes for European…

March 17, 2023 | News

Specialists present opportunities of late blight resistant biotech potatoes

On Tuesday March 21, 2023, Dr. Marc Ghislain and Dr. Eric Magembe of the International Potato Center (CIP) will be presenting the World Potato Congress (WPC) webinar on the deployment of late blight resistant biotech potatoes in Africa.

March 09, 2023 | News

Potato supply chain contributes over 100 billion dollar to U.S. economy

The total economic contribution of the U.S. potato sector in 2021 is estimated to be 100.9 billion dollar, of which farm production alone accounts for 10.8 billion dollar. This is one of the main conclusions from an analysis carried out by economists and researchers at Michigan State University, marking the first time any organization has…