Seed potatoes

March 10, 2026 | News

UNECE Seed Potato Standard at the center of World Potato Congress webinar

Reliable access to high quality seed potatoes is fundamental to the productivity and resilience of the global potato sector. To highlight recent developments in this area, the World Potato Congress (WPC) will host an international webinar on March 16 focusing on the revised UNECE Seed Potato Standard (S-1). The online panel discussion will bring together…

February 10, 2026 | News

EW Group becomes majority shareholder in Solynta

The Dutch breeder Solynta is receiving a new impulse in its international growth strategy. The German investment holding EW Group has acquired a majority stake in the Wageningen-based company, which is globally active in the development of hybrid true potato seeds. With this capital injection, Solynta aims to accelerate the commercialization of Hybrid True Potato…

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…

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.

October 24, 2023 | News

War in Israel also has major impact on potato sector

On last Saturday October 7, Israel was attacked from the Gaza Strip by members of the terrorist organisation Hamas, also affecting many kibbutzim. In the process, hundreds of people were injured, killed and taken hostage. The consequences are a war with great impact for residents in the region, the world and also for the potato…

July 21, 2023 | News

ADAPT field trials across Europe in search of multiple-stress tolerant potatoes

The European Potato Trade Association Europatat recently announced that for the Horizon 2020 EU project Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato (ADAPT), trials are currently being conducted in the Netherlands, Serbia, and Austria.