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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...
The new Dutch Potato Cooperation, PotatoNext, joins Europatat!
Europatat warmly welcomes PotatoNext, a new cooperative for consumption potatoes from the Netherlands. PotatoNext consists of around 200 ware potato growers cultivating across 3,200 hectares of potatoes, making it the largest consumer potato cooperative in the...
Europatat calls for information about ongoing projects to control the spread of wireworms
Europatat, the European Potato Association, is calling upon researchers and industry professionals to share information about ongoing research, and any other related activities which will help to control the spread of wireworms in potatoes. Wireworms, the...
18th International Berlin Potato Evening – Registration is now open!
The German Potato Trade Association (DKHV) is delighted to announce the 18th International Berlin Potato Evening (IBK), a flagship event for the global potato industry. This prestigious gathering is scheduled to take place on 6 February 2024, on the eve of Fruit...
ADAPT consortium meets in Ljubljana for annual meeting and & International Scientific Conference
The Horizon 2020 EU project Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato (ADAPT), in which Europatat is participating, aims to understand the signaling pathways for single and combined abiotic stresses to the selection of potato cultivars more resilient...
ADAPT news: Negative impact of earliness alleles on potato nitrogen use efficiency
The Horizon 2020 EU project Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato (ADAPT),in which Europatat is participating, aims to understand the signaling pathways for single and combined abiotic stresses to the selection of potato cultivars more resilient...
4th International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste – Europatat & Wasteless in action!
The European Horizon Research project WASTELESS, in which Europatat is an active partner, will be involved on the 29th of September in the 4th International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) and invites you all to take action! Reducing food loss and...
The Lithuanian Vegetable Producers Association joins Europatat
Europatat warmly welcomes the Lithuanian Vegetable Producers Association (LDAA). Founded in 1998, LDAA is a non-profit organisation uniting potato and vegetable producers, marketing cooperative companies of producers and input suppliers. As it main objective, LDAA...