Aardappelen voor verwerking uit Europa

Robert Graveland, HZPC research, Metslawier: 'Door merkergestuurde klassieke veredeling gaat er de komende tien tot vijftien jaar veel in het rassenpakket veranderen.'

Colm McDonnell, IPM, Deinum: 'We voelen een verplichting om rassen te produceren die milieuvriendelijk te telen zijn.'

Harry van de Vijver, Germicopa, Quimper (F): 'Bezorg ons geelvlezige fritesrassen met een brede nematodenresistentie.'

Jeroen Kuin, Agroplant, Medemblik: 'No customer wants to depend on only one or two varieties for processing.'

Willem in 't Anker, C. Meijer BV, Rilland: 'There's a constant need for new potato varieties, also for French fries.'

Tigran Richter, Norika/Binst, Sanitz (D): 'For every interesting potato variety that performs better than what we already have, there's a chance in the market.'

Rindert Dankert, Breeding Company Kooi, Leeuwarden: 'In order to increase a possible success, we focus mainly on the early segment.'

Peter van Eerdt, Danespo Holland, Berltsum: 'Niemand is echt 100 procent tevreden met het aardappelras dat ze telen of verwerken.'

Sjefke Allefs, Agrico Research, Bant: 'Zodra een fritesfabrikant een ras accepteert als een grondstof, gaat het ook meteen heel hard.'

Jaap Brondijk, Stet Holland, Emmeloord: ’The point is to achieve significant improvements and not to have more of the same.’

Jacob Eising, Den Hartigh, Emmeloord: 'For growers, it's important to offer harvest and quality assurance.'

David Murdie, Potato Manager at GPS Potato Breeders, Angus: ‘As Scottish growers, we focus mainly on the home market.’

Dirk Stellingwerf, Schaap-Holland BV, Biddinghuizen: ‘There’s always room for new French-fry varieties, as long as it’s a 2.0 or 3.0 version of existing ones. The demand for this is growing especially now...'

The drought last summer has had a big impact on the European potato season. These challenges were also felt in Poland, as traders had to import potatoes to be able to meet the domestic demand.

Europatat warmly welcomes the French company Select’Up specialised in growing, importing and exporting potatoes, who joined the Association at the beginning of the year.

On 4 and 5 September the international potato fair PotatoEurope 2019 will take place in
Tournai. That the fair continues to grow is demonstrated by the fact that there are almost
20% more exhibitors from 17 different countries.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced on 23 June 2019 that Qu Dongyu has been elected its new Director-General.

A well-known Norwich crisps brand has embedded its roots in Norfolk for decades to come by investing £2.7m in a new potato processing building - unlocking the factory's future growth potential.