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Europatat and other stakeholders raise concerns over proposed Plant Reproductive Material amendments
The European Potato Trade Association (Europatat) is raising concerns about the draft report on Plant Reproductive Material (PRM) which is set for a vote in the European Parliament’s Plenary during the week of 22 April. The report, prepared by the Parliament's...
PAYR, the Finnish Potato Sector Association, joins Europatat!
Europatat warmly welcomes PAYR, the Finnish Potato Sector Association, as National Association, elevating to 21 the number of countries covered by its membership. Founded in 2015, PAYR brought together the previous smaller potato associations to form a co-operative...
Announcement: Patatas Meléndez is the Platinum Sponsor for the Europatat Congress
Europatat is proud to announce that its Spanish member Patatas Meléndez S.L. is the Platinum Sponsor of the Europatat Congress 2024. With the opening of one of the most modern potato factories in Europe in March 2023, Patatas Melendez marked a turning point for the...
ADAPT news: Refining the understanding of the mechanisms of potato tuberisation
The Horizon 2020 EU project Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato (ADAPT), in which Europatat is participating, aims to understand the signalling pathways for single and combined abiotic stresses to the selection of potato cultivars more resilient...
Europatat Congress 2024: Announcement keynote speaker and opening of registrations
Europatat is glad to announce the opening of registrations for its annual Congress that will take place in Brussels on 23 & 24 May 2024. The event will count with the presence of Rik Vera who will give an inspirational keynote speech during Friday’s public...
Europatat welcomes NOBLE, a machinery manufacturer, as new associated member
Europatat warmly welcomes Noble, a historic manufacturer of equipment that since 1975 has been designing and manufacturing complete lines and equipment for receiving, washing, grading, storing and handling potatoes, onions, carrots and other vegetables. Its...
ADAPT news: potato stress phenotyping is concluded, results are now available!
The Horizon 2020 EU project Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato (ADAPT), in which Europatat is participating, aims to understand the signalling pathways for single and combined abiotic stresses to the selection of potato cultivars more resilient...
PATAFEST consortium meets in Vitoria, Spain
As an active partner of the EU Horizon Europe project PATAFEST, Europatat attended the second consortium meeting that was organised in Vitoria, Spain on 30 and 31 January 2024. The meeting brought together project partners who presented their progress and discussed...
Europatat welcomes the vote by the European Parliament supporting innovation in plant breeding
The European Potato Trade Association (Europatat) welcomes the European Parliament's vote in favour of the proposed Regulation on New Genomic Techniques (NGTs). This decision represents an important step towards deregulating such techniques to use them to develop...
The Europatat Congress returns to Brussels on 23 and 24 May 2024!
Europatat is excited to announce that the next Europatat Congress will take place in Brussels on 23 and 24 May 2024. The annual Europatat event has become a key platform to assess the state of play of the potato sector and to communicate the priorities and challenges...