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Legacy of former Europatat’s President Gilles Fontaine
June has marked the end of Europatat’s Presidency for Mr Gilles Fontaine, who joined Europatat’s Board in 2014 as Treasurer and became President in 2018. Through these years, he has played an outstanding role in shaping Europatat for what it is today. The entire...
ADAPT news: Impact of stresses on tuberization signalling and early tuber development
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. This...
Europatat elects Tigran Richter as its new President and approves a new Strategy for 2022-2025
Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, has celebrated today in Dublin (Ireland) its first physical General Assembly meeting since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Europatat’s members have elected a new Board to lead the association for the coming...
Successful days at Fruit Logistica 2022
On 5 and 6 April, Europatat travelled to Berlin (Germany) to attend Fruit Logistica 2022, the world’s leading international trade fair for fresh fruit and vegetables with exhibitors from more than 80 countries. Europatat used this occasion to meet with several of its...
ADAPT news: The exploratory phase of the project has yielded its first milestones
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. This...
Europatat calls on the European Parliament for an urgent solution in restoring normal EU-GB trade in seed potatoes
Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development held an “Exchange of views on the disruption in the EU-GB trade in seed potatoes" to which Europatat was invited to speak. Europatat used this opportunity to highlight the impact of there...
The Spanish potato packer and trader Patatas Conde joins Europatat
Europatat warmly welcomes Patatas Conde, a potato family business located right in the heart of the Protected Geographical Indication (IGP) “Pataca de Galicia”. The company took its first steps in the 70's with a small potato warehouse in the city of Ourense. Some...
Join us to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Europatat!
In 2022 Europatat is celebrating its 70th Anniversary. The “European Union for the Wholesale Trade in Potatoes” was established on 12 January 1952 in Paris, including members from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Seventy years...
The Finnish potato trader Luonnosta Oy joins Europatat
Europatat warmly welcomes Luonnosta Finland Oy, a Finnish trading company in the potato and fruit and vegetable sectors. Luonnosta Finland Oy was founded in 1986, and nowadays is the biggest exporter of potatoes and vegetables in Finland. About half of the company´s...
ADAPT news: StressKnowledgeMap to help select potato varieties fit for climate change!
A young creative team from National Institute of biology, led by Prof. Dr. Kristina Gruden is developing the open science application StressKnowledgeMap, to enable breeders and others to fully benefit from the compiled knowledge about the mechanisms underlying plant...