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The World Potato Congress Industry Awards were presented during the 11th World Potato Congress in Dublin, Ireland. Awards were presented to Dr. John J. Burke, Paul C. Struik, Antoon Wallays and Richard W. “Dick” Okray for their long and distinctive work in the international potato industry. Dr. John J. Burke Dr. Burke is one of…

On the last day of the 11th World Potato Congress (WPC) in Dublin, Ireland, WPC President Romain Cools, called in the WPC Declaration of Dublin upon the global potato value chain to invest in ‘potato solutions’ to advance the UN Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. In this Agenda, the UN has included 17 Sustainable Development Goals…

The World Potato Congress Inc. Announces W.D. Potato Limited as its Most Recent Silver Sustaining Partner The World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC) is extremely pleased to announce W.D. Potato Limited as its newest Silver Sustaining Partner. President & CEO Romain Cools stated: “The World Potato Congress Inc. is very proud to welcome W.D. Potato Limited…

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World Potato Congress Inc. Webinar – November 11, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time with Netafim’s Yechiam Gets, Crop Model Agronomist Presenting “Basics of irrigation for processing potatoes and irrigation scheduling” The World Potato Congress is very pleased to announce the resumption of its webinar series and its first Fall webinar with Yechiam Gets,…

The call for abstract submission for WPC 2022 is open and authors are encouraged to submit their abstract online for consideration. Authors can submit for oral and poster presentations. Please however note, that only a limited number of submissions will be selected for oral presentations. All other suitable abstracts will be offered a poster presentation.…

The World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC) is very pleased to announce The Little Potato Company as its newest Silver Sustaining Partner. President & CEO Romain Cools stated: “The World Potato Congress Board of Directors is extremely pleased to welcome The Little Potato Company to our Sustaining Partner family. They are a family-owned, family-values based company…

The World Potato Congress Inc.’s (WPC) Board of Directors is very pleased to announce Mr. Willie Jacobs as its newest International Advisor from South Africa. President & CEO Romain Cools stated: “We are very pleased to welcome Willie Jacobs to the World Potato Congress Inc.’s International Advisor group. Mr. Jacobs will be a great asset…

The World Potato Congress Inc.’s (WPC) Board of Directors is very pleased to announce Easyfresh as its newest Silver Sustaining Partner. President & CEO Romain Cools stated: “We extend a warm welcome to Easyfresh as a new member of our family of Sustaining Partners. Their engagement towards World Potato Congress Inc. is illustrating that our…

The World Potato Congress Inc.’s (WPC) Board of Directors is very pleased to announce Netafim as its newest Platinum Sustaining Partner. President & CEO Romain Cools stated: “Getting Netafim on board as a new member of our family of Sustaining Partners is illustrating the steps forward continuously taken by the global potato value chain towards…