Victor Kovalev Announces New Professional Chapter and the Growth of an International Potato Industry Ecosystem
Starting December 1, 2026, Victor Kovalev steps down from Agrotrade to focus on his own international projects — Potatoes.News and the International Potato Tour.
Starting December 1, 2026, Victor Kovalev, founder of the international project Potatoes.News and the International Potato Tour (IPT), is leaving his position at the Agrotrade group of companies (the “Potato System” direction) to focus fully on developing his own international initiatives in the potato industry.
A new stage
Victor Kovalev has worked for several years within the Agrotrade group of companies, where he helped develop the “Potato System” (“Картофельная Система”) direction. Over this time, alongside his work at the company, he launched and grew two independent international projects: the news platform Potatoes.News and the International Potato Tour, a series of professional trips and events for people working in the potato industry around the world.
As these projects have grown, Kovalev has decided to dedicate his primary professional attention to them going forward.
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“Over the past few years, Potatoes.News and the International Potato Tour have grown from side projects into something that genuinely matters to the international potato community. I’ve reached the point where I can no longer give them the attention they deserve while combining this work with my responsibilities at Agrotrade. Starting December 1, I will be focusing fully on these two projects,” said Victor Kovalev.
About the projects
Potatoes.News is an international news platform covering the potato industry: production, trade, varieties, processing, agronomy, and market trends from around the world.
The International Potato Tour (IPT) is a series of professional trips and events that bring together growers, breeders, processors, traders, and researchers from the global potato industry for direct, in-person exchange of experience and contacts.
“My goal is for Potatoes.News and the International Potato Tour to become genuinely useful tools for everyone working in this industry — a place for reliable, up-to-date information, and real opportunities to meet in person, see production facilities with your own eyes, and build lasting professional relationships,” noted Kovalev.
What’s next
Victor Kovalev thanked his colleagues at Agrotrade and the “Potato System” team for their shared work, and emphasized that he plans to continue developing relationships across the industry, now with his full attention devoted to Potatoes.News and the International Potato Tour.
Contact:
Victor Kovalev
Phone: +7 967 721-20-20
Email: v.kovalev@potatoes.news
Russian version: read here.
