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World Potato Congress Inc. welcomes SnowValley Food Hebei Co., Ltd. of China to the WPC Platinum Partnership. Dr. Peter VanderZaag, President of the World Potato Congress Inc. is extremely pleased to welcome our newest Platinum Sustaining Partner SnowValley Food Hebei Co., Ltd. of China. President VanderZaag stated: “Our Sustaining Partners are the guarantee for World…

World Potato Congress President Peter VanderZaag is pleased to announce the Ontario Potato Board as our newest Gold Sustaining Partner.   “We extend a warm welcome to the Ontario Potato Board as a new member of our family of Sustaining Partners.” says WPC President Dr. Peter VanderZaag.  “The Ontario Potato Board is proactive in building relationships with the potato…

World Potato Congress Inc. congratulates Dr. Simon Heck in his appointment as Director General of CIP and CGIAR Senior Director. The World Potato Congress Inc.’s (WPC) Board of Directors congratulates Dr. Simon Heck on being chosen as the next Director General of the International Potato Center (CIP), headquartered in Lima Peru. Simon has led the…

World Potato Congress President John Griffin is pleased to announce Potatoes USA as our newest Gold Sustaining Partner. “The support of Potatoes USA under the leadership of CEO Blair Richardson, who also serves as a WPC International Advisor, will continue to propel WPC forward in our mandates. These include planning for the first ever International…

The World Potato Congress mandate includes bringing together global knowledge, resources and expertise which in turn provides educational opportunities in such areas as seed production, pest and disease management, and the potato value chains. The potato is an important crop in feeding communities and providing income for farmers across all nations. We are grateful for…

The World Potato Congress Inc.’s Board of Directors Congratulates Mr. Xiaoping Lu, our WPC International Advisor, upon his retirement from the International Potato Center- China Center for Asia Pacific (CCCAP) In 2011, Xiaoping was chosen to be the founding Director of CCCAP, which is a unique international center of CIP with objectives to improve potato…

The World Potato Congress President, John Griffin, would like to extend a congratulations and warm welcome to our new incoming Executive Director, Ellen Kouwenberg, who will be replacing outgoing General Manager, Brian Douglas. Born and raised in a family of 9 children, her family operated a potato/beef operation in PEI, Canada.  She received her BBA through…

Last July, the Committee of Agriculture of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) approved a proposal presented by the Peruvian government to declare May 30 as the International Day of the Potato. The decision was the culmination of a long effort promoted by the working group set up by the World Potato Congress (WPC) Inc.…

The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 11th World Potato Congress recently held in Dublin, Ireland, and WPC Inc., are pleased to announce that the Congress Presentations and Abstracts/Summaries are now available online. The WPC Congress Abstract Book can be downloaded on the Congress website here: https://wpc2022ireland.com WPC speaker presentations which took place in the…