During discussions in the European Parliament plenary session regarding the regulation of plant reproductive material (PRM), stakeholders in the potato trade are raising concerns about the possible consequences. The report ...
The European Parliament's recent push to ease new EU regulations on seed marketing has ignited apprehension within the potato sector, with stakeholders raising alarms about the potential risks of increased ...
Proposal Threatens Oversight of Seed Potato Circulation, Stirring Debate Among Potato Industry Stakeholders Ricardo Ortega reports on a pivotal decision facing the European Parliament, as legislators consider a proposal that ...
Peter Ton, representing Europatat, provides insights into a week filled with important meetings and discussions in the potato industry. Throughout the week, Ton and his team engaged in meetings in ...
#PotatoNext #PotatoFarming #AgriculturalInnovation #SustainableAgriculture #DutchPotatoIndustry #CooperativeFarming #DataDrivenAgriculture #EnvironmentalConsciousness #ModernAgriculture #WasteReduction Groundbreaking collaboration as PotatoNext B.V., a new Dutch potato venture formed by Agrico and Nedato B.V., joins Europatat, marking a ...
#Wireworms #PotatoFarming #AgriculturalCollaboration #FoodSecurity #Europatat #AgriotesSpecies #GlobalCropImpact Wireworms, the subterranean adversaries threatening potato crops worldwide, have become a pressing concern for the agricultural community. As the larvae of click beetles, ...
#PotatoCultivation #TuberFormation #AgriculturalInnovation #ClimateResilience #NitrogenUseEfficiency #Horizon2020 #ADAPTProject #Europatat #SustainableFarming Potato cultivation has long fascinated scientists, farmers, and agronomists alike. Recent research, as highlighted in a Europatat press release, delves into ...
In a recent report from Europatat, it has been revealed that potato seed planting across Europe is facing significant delays this year. Many European nations have experienced prolonged periods of ...
#SeedPotatoes #AgriculturalChallenges #EuropeanAgriculture #ClimateImpact #FoodSecurity #GlobalFarming #AgronomicInnovation #SupplyChainResilience The 2023 growing season brought unprecedented challenges for European seed potato growers. Unfavorable weather conditions and reduced planting acreage have led to ...
Following the success of the promotion campaign “Potatoes, prepare to be surprised – Europe’s favourite since 1536” that was launched in 2020 and finished at the end of last year, ...
Efforts for more sustainable packaging for the fruit and vegetables sector should be based on realistic, fair, and feasible targets for real environmental impact reduction Copa-Cogeca, Freshfel Europe, the European ...
Dr. Arindam Ghatak from the University of Vienna has carried out high-throughput proteomics profiling of the Desiree potato variety to obtain an unbiased comprehensive picture of the alterations in the ...
Next Europatat Congress to take place in Gdańsk. THE Polish Potato Federation and Europatat have jointly announced that the next Europatat Congress will take place in Gdańsk, Poland from June ...
INTERPOM will take place on 27, 28 & 29 of November and will once again be the ultimate international meeting place in Kortrijk Xpo (Belgium) for all the professionals involved ...
The Horizon 2020 EU project Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato (ADAPT), in which Europatat is participating, aims at developing new strategies to make potatoes fit for the challenging growth conditions of ...
The Horizon 2020 EU project Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato (ADAPT), in which Europatat is participating, aims to elucidate potato tolerance to single and combined abiotic stresses and to ...
Discussions held with EPC THE disruption in the trade of seed potatoes between the EU and Great Britain was discussed by the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development ...
The World Potato Congress is very excited to announce its first webinar of 2022. In preparation for the World Potato Congress being held from May 30 to June 2, 2022 in ...
The World Potato Congress Inc. is very excited to announce its first webinar of 2022. In preparation for the World Potato Congress being held from May 30 to June 2, ...
The Irish Potato Federation is proud to host the 11th World Potato Congress (WPC 2022) which will take place in Ireland, 30 May – 2 June 2022. Founded in 1973, ...
On 29 September we celebrated the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) to call to action to halve food waste by 2030 and reduce food losses ...
Europatat kicked off the new season with a meeting of its Technical and Regulatory Commission, which was held on 15 September. Jan van Hoogen chaired the meeting covering topics such ...
Cultivated area Potatoes were cultivated on 1.7 million hectares (ha) in the EU-27 in 2020. This corresponded to an estimated 1.7 % of all arable land in the EU. This ...
Europatat is part of an international consortium involved in the research project ADAPT (“Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato”), which aims at developing new strategies to make potatoes fit for ...
ADAPT asked for the farmers’ perception of climate change, their experiences concerning its impact on potato production, and their need for adapted potato varieties.