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Europatat warmly welcomes Agrosad, one of the largest potato packaging companies in Poland. AGROSAD was founded more than 30 years ago, in 1992, on the basis of a farm cultivating edible potatoes for early harvest. In the first years of activity, the company was...

Since July 2020, the Horizon 2020 EU project Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato (ADAPT), in which Europatat has been an active partner, has focused its research activity in understanding how potato plants acclimate to single and combined...

Europatat warmly welcomes GB Potatoes, the new potato sectorial association from the UK. After the AHDB potato levy board ceased to exist, leaving the potato industry without unified sector focused representation, GB Potatoes was established in May 2022 by a small...

Europatat warmly welcomes Omnivent, an international specialist in consultancy, design, production and installation of modern ventilation and cooling equipment for storing potatoes and other crops such as onions and carrots. The Omnivent group is currently active in...

A new, aggressive strain of potato blight, resistant to common fungicides, is spreading across Europe, posing a threat to potato crops. This development prompted an important meeting last week between the European potato value chain, including Europatat, and the...

Since July 2020, the Horizon 2020 EU project Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato (ADAPT) in which Europatat is participating, has focused its research activity in understanding the potato signaling pathways for single and combined abiotic...

As an active partner of the EU Horizon Europe project PataFEST, Europatat attended the consortium meeting that was organised in Olomouc, Czech Republic, on 18 and 19 June to share progress on the project and outline the next steps for continued success.  Hosted by the...

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 develop new strategies for potato improvement. Small...

After a short break to prepare new and exciting materials, our joint promotion campaign “Potatoes, Prepare to be surprised - Europe’s favourite since 1536” is back! This year we want to add a focus on the positive nutrition characteristics of potatoes on top of the...

On 23 and 24 May the European potato community gathered for the Europatat Congress 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. With more than 100 participants from more than 15 different European and non-European countries, this year’s edition dedicated one day to internal meetings...