Industry Associations from Europe

April 28, 2012

Speaker programme for World Potato Congress now complete

Practical solutions for efficient potato storage and maximising marketable yields will be some of the topics on the agenda at World Potato Congress 2012 (May 27-30, Edinburgh).

April 17, 2012

Award-winning water specialist to speak at World Potato Congress 2012

Dr Colin Chartres, director-general of International Water Management Institute, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is to speak at World Potato Congress 2012 (WPC2012). The water management specialist, whose Institute has just won the 2012 Stockholm Water P...

April 17, 2012

Interpom | Primeurs 2012: Een compleet informatie- en ontmoetingsforum

Interpom | Primeurs staat bekend als een compleet informatie- en ontmoetingsforum voor de hele aardappel-, groente- en fruitbranche (AGF) in Europa, van teelt tot en met verwerking.

April 15, 2012

Belgie wordt grootste exporteur aardappelprodukten

België heeft Nederland als grootste aardappelexporteur van de troon gestoten. Van de Belgische akkers is vorig jaar 3,2 miljard kilo aan verse aardappelen verwerkt tot friet, rösti, puree en diepvriesproducten.

March 30, 2012

Europatat Congress 2012 announces more speakers

Europatat and the Dutch Potato Association (NAO) are pleased to announce that Guy Faulkner from World Potato Markets and Karlijn Offermans from advertising agency 2 Mèt will join the Europatat Congress as guest speakers during the Europatat Commission ...

March 23, 2012

Exclusive new WPC2012 sponsorship deals created

Exceptional demand for prime sponsorship opportunities at World Potato Congress 2012 (WPC2012) has led to a few very special exclusive packages being created for those who don’t want to miss this unique opportunity.

March 20, 2012

Top international researchers to attend World Potato Congress 2012

World Potato Congress has become an important diary date and many of the potato industry’s leading international researchers have already registered to attend. In addition, the Fifth Potato Virus ‘Y’ (PVY-wide) workshop and a meeting of United Nations...

March 17, 2012

Belgapom notering zakt naar € 27,50

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. Voor...

March 12, 2012

Irish retailers and merchants challenged to return viable prices for growers

Addressing the National Potato Conference in Dublin today (Wed), IFA President John Bryan said the current loss-making situation for potato growers was unsustainable. He laid down a clear challenge to the retailers and merchants to address the serious ...

March 11, 2012

Oeraardappelras geadopteerd door Stichting De Bildtse Aardappelweken

Stichting De Bildtse Aardappelweken heeft een oeraardappelras geadopteerd. Voor 5000 dollar is de stichting eigenaar geworden van oerras 700247, een aardappel uit Peru. De genen van deze oerpieper liggen opgeslagen in de Wereldzaadbank op Spitsbergen...

March 11, 2012

Topkok Marco Westmaas aardappelambassadeur

Topkok Marco Westmaas wordt aardappelambassadeur. (Click to enlarge) Aardappelambassadeur Marco Westmaas Voor de Nederlandse Aardappel Organisatie NAO zal hij in 2012 zijn innovatieve talenten inzetten om de aardappel als modern en onmisbaar...

March 04, 2012

Belgapom notering daalt verder naar € 35,00/ton

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. Voor...

March 04, 2012

RUCIP 2012: New rules for potato trade in Europe

On the 1st of March new Rules and Practices of the Inter-European Trade in Potatoes (RUCIP) will start to apply. The RUCIP European Committee, composed of the European associations Europatat (Potato Trade), EUPPA (Potato Processing) and Intercoop Euro...

March 03, 2012

Congreso Mundial de la Papa: Taller de sanidad vegetal en el cultivo de papa

El congreso, que tendrá lugar en mayo, ofrece algo para todos involucrados en el sector de la patata, según el director de Potato Council el Dr. Rob Clayton. El WPC (World Potato Congress) tendrá lugar en el magnífico Centro Internacional de Conferenc...

March 02, 2012

Europatat congress 2012 – The potato is coming home!

Europatat and the Dutch Potato Association (NAO) are pleased to announce the opening for registrations for the annual Europatat Congress, taking place in The Hague (The Netherlands) from 24 to 26 May 2012.

March 01, 2012

Space age agronomy on show at the World Potato Congress

Satellite technology developed during the cold war is set to deliver state-of-the-art crop monitoring systems to help growers improve agronomy and drive up profits. Although the technology dates back several decades, its capabilities for remote sensing...

February 29, 2012

Intervention in Swiss potato market averts price collapse

The 2011 potato growing season in Switzerland was a special one. "It was summer in the spring, it was fall in the summer and it was summer in the fall"is how the season was described by Ruedi Fischer, president of the Vereinigung der Schweize...

February 29, 2012

Potato Council Storage Forums to take place in East and West of England

Assess store suitability before using CIPC, urges Adrian Cunnington, head of Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research (SBCSR), who will be offering tips on how to follow best practice at the Potato Council Storage Forum East on March 1 and the Storage F...