Potato Development Corporation (PDC) is a Kenyan potato development company that builds an integrated breeding-to-market potato business connecting genetics, local evidence, practical grower solutions, agricultural technologies and stronger commercial relationships. PDC operates across the potato supply chain, from variety evaluation and seed systems through agronomy, water management, input efficiency and market development. The company's model is designed to connect capabilities that are often separated across the potato value chain, starting with genetics, building evidence in the field, supporting growers through production and using market requirements to guide commercial development.
PDC was established in Kenya as its initial platform for genetics, trials, grower relationships, partnerships and evidence. The company is designed around the full potato production system, with genetics influencing production, production influencing quality, quality influencing markets, and evidence informing the next generation of decisions. PDC's geographic ambition starts in Kenya, extends across East Africa and into broader African markets, while maintaining international connections to link global expertise with African production and market opportunity. The company's breeding-to-market model considers intended end use from the beginning, with market requirements informing variety selection, production planning, agronomic management, quality targets and the development of reliable supply. PDC distinguishes breeder information and external evidence from results demonstrated under relevant Kenyan conditions, using a progressive evidence framework before translating technical potential into broad commercial claims.
Products offered:
- Potato varieties – Stokrotka, Magnolia and Tonacja, early table varieties under evaluation for adaptability, agronomic performance, tuber quality and market suitability in Kenyan conditions
- ecoAgra – a plant-application technology developed by ecoSolv Technologies, positioned to support plant growth, photosynthetic activity and crop optimisation
- ecoSolv – a water-enhancement technology for agricultural water-management applications, considered as part of an integrated production system alongside genetics, irrigation management, soil, nutrition and agronomy
- Grower solutions – integrated agronomy, technical support and production planning built around the grower's actual challenge, covering variety selection, water management, input efficiency, crop health and market alignment
PDC's head office is located at 3rd Floor Plaza 2000, Mombasa Road, Nairobi, Kenya. The company works with a network of partners including MTPG, a specialist in potato minitubers, certified seed potatoes and controlled propagation; Agrosad, which brings experience across potato production, grower relationships, packaging, distribution and commercial markets; ecoSolv Australia, providing technology capability around water efficiency and crop optimisation; and Tunasco İnşaat Anonim Şirket, bridging farm production and regional supply chains. PDC participated as a Bronze Sponsor at the World Potato Congress 2026 in Naivasha, Kenya, where it presented its initial potato varieties and integrated grower-solutions model to the global potato industry.
