This collection of links offers a selection of key contacts for research, government and agency organizations world-wide, with a brief introduction to each.

The celebration of the International Year of the Potato (IYP) will raise awareness of the importance of the potato - and of agriculture in general - in addressing issues of global concern, including hunger, poverty and threats to the environment. To learn more click above.

Companies

• Grimme
  Potato technology for field and storage [view site »]
   
• McCain Foods Limited
  McCain Foods website with links to individual country websites and product information. [view site »]
   
• Potato Pro
  A new website containing daily news on the Potato processing sector, and loads of additional information relevant for the global potato processing sector. [view site »]
   
• Smart Spud
  Spud Smart is a magazine with a mission: to provide a national voice which invigorates innovation and shows a common path forward to solutions for the profitability of the Canadian potato sector.[view site »]
   
• Steelway Building Systems
  Steelway Building Systems specializes in the design and manufacturing of steel buildings. [view site »]
   
• Syngenta
  As the world's leading supplier of conventional and biotechnology crop solutions, Syngenta have a broad product line designed to improve crop yields and food quality. [view site »]
   
• Valtra
  Valtra is a tractor company which develops, manufactures, markets and services tractors of the make Valtra. [view site »]
   
• Vanmark Corporation
  industry leader in innovation, design and manufacture of peelers for the food industry, as well as a wide range of other food processing equipment, parts and services. [view site »]

 Government

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  This site has information on agriculture in Canada, research, programs and services, markets, environment ..... [view site »]
   
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: InfoHort
  Designed to provide the most current and accurate market information on horticultural commodities [view site »]
   
• Argentina - Secretariat of Agriculture, Cattle, Fisheries and Food
  Spanish only - information on programs, publciations, notices, library, institutions ..... [view site »]
   
• Australia - Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
  Provide customer services to the agricultural, food, fisheries and forest industries, and addresses the challenges of natural resource management ..... [view site »]
   
• Austria - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
  Basic information and statistics on Austrian agriculture ..... [view site »]
   
• Belarus - Ministry of Agriculture and Food
  Russian language only [view site »]
   
• Brazil - Ministry of Agriculture and Supply
  Spanish only [view site »]
   
• Bulgaria - Ministry of Agriculture and Foresty
  English site under construction [view site »]
   
• Chile - Ministry of Agriculture
  Spanish language only [view site »]
   
• China (Republic of) - Council of Agriculture
  Basic stats, trade information, biotechnology activities, ..... [view site »]
   
• Colombia - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
  In Spanish only [view site »]
   
• Costa Rica - Ministry of Agriculture and Cattle
  In Spanish only [view site »]
   
• Croatia - Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
  In Serbo-Croatian language only [view site »]
   
• Czech Republic - Ministry of Agriculture
  In Czech only [view site »]
   
• Denmark - Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
  In Danish only [view site »]
   
• Egypt - Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR)
  Information on the history of agriculture in Egypt, economic database, new developments, challenges, ..... [view site »]
   
• Estonia - Ministry of Agriculture
  In Estonian and English. Provides information on plant protection, agri-chemistry, agricultural ennvironment, pedigree and variety breeding, feed production and agricultural machinery, ..... [view site »]
   
• Finland - Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
  In Finnish, Swedish, and English. Basic agriculture information, horticulture section, statistics, publications, ..... [view site »]
   
• France - Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
  French language only [view site »]
   
• Germany - Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
  In German, French, and English. This site contains facts and figures, information on research projects, organic farming, travel advisories, ..... [view site »]
   
• Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF)
  Information on news releases, statistics, research, publications,basic agiculture information ..... [view site »]
   
• Greece - Hellenic Ministry of Agriculture
  In Greek and English only [view site »]
   
• Guatemala - Ministry of Agriculture, Cattle and Food
  In Spanish only [view site »]
   
• Hungary - Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development
  In Hungarian only [view site »]
   
• Iceland - Ministry of Agriculture
  In Icelandic only [view site »]
   
• India - Department of Agriculture and Co-operation, Ministry of Agriculture
  In Hindi and English. Statistics, programmes, weather, documents, ..... [view site »]
   
• Indonesia - Department of Agriculture
  In Indonesian and English. Basic agriculture information, statistics, ..... [view site »]
   
• Iran - Ministry of Agriculture
  Provide the appropriate ground to produce a variety of agricultural crops for people's safe nutrition and increase in the average income of individuals in the Agriculture Sector ..... [view site »]
   
• Ireland - Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
  Publications, areas of interest, links, basic agriculture information, ..... [view site »]
   
• Korea (Republic of) - Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry
  In Korean and English. Facts and figures on agricultural production, food consumption, developments in the agricultural sector, ..... [view site »]
   
• Mexico - Secretariat of Agriculture, Cattle and Rural Development
  In Spanish only. [view site »]
   
• Scottish Government - Agricultural 
  Scottish agriculture accounts for 5 per cent of the rural workforce and contributes 1.3 per cent GVA to the Scottish economy.[view site »]
   
• The Netherlands - Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
  In Dutch and English. Statistics, facts and figures, policy information, ..... [view site »]
   
• United Arab Emirates - Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries
  Information on research, production, plant protection, services, water, soil, statistics ..... [view site »]

Industry Organizations

• Belgapom, Belgium
  Covers the activities of the Belgian potato trade and processing industry. Information available in Dutch, French, and English. [view site »]
   
• British Potato Council, United Kingdom
  Developing and promoting the British potato industry ..... [view site »]
   
• Empire State Potato Growers, Inc. , United States
  Find lots of information about potatoes, the Potato Growers, programs, features,..... [view site »]
   
• Europatat
  Covers the activities of the European potato trade and of RUCIP, the standards, expertise, ...... [view site »]
   
• Global Potato News
  Current top news stories from the global potato industry, press releases, articles, market information, trends, directories, links, ..... [view site »]
   
• Idaho Crop Improvement Association, United States
  Official seed certifying agency for Idaho ..... [view site »]
   
• Idaho Grower Shippers Association, United States
  Idaho news, list of members, ..... [view site »]
   
• Idaho Potato Commission, United States
  Promoting Idaho potatoes ..... [view site »]
   
• Maine Potato Board, United States
  Provide for the advancement of the Maine potato industry ..... [view site »]
   
• Minnesota Seed Potato Growers Association, United States
  Information on varieties, seed potato growers, and ag-related sites of interest ..... [view site »]
   
• National Potato Council, United States
  Represents all U.S. potato growers, providing a unified voice on a national level in legislative, regulatory, environmental, ..... [view site »]
   
• National Potato Promotion Board, United States
  Promoting US potatoes ..... [view site »]
   
• NIVAP, The Netherlands
  Promotion of Dutch seed potatoes, ware potatoes, ..... [view site »]
   
• Plantum NL - The Netherlands
  In Dutch and English. The Dutch association for breeding, tissue culture, production and trade of seeds and young plants ..... [view site »]
   
• Potato Association of America, United States
  The official professional society for those interested in advancing the potato industry [view site »]
   
• Potato Growers of Alberta, Canada
  Agricultural organization that aims to increase the success of the potato growing industry in the province ..... [view site »]
   
• Potatoes New Brunswick
  Represents the province's potato farmers ..... [view site »]
   
• Potatoes South Africa
  An industry-related organisation which supports the potato industry to promote and develop ..... [view site »]
   
• Potatohelp
  Potaohelp has nutritional and historical information on the potato, as well as consumer and foodservice potato recipes. [view site »]
   
• Prince Edward Island Potato Board, Canada
  Representing potato growers of Prince Edward Island to develop and promote the potato industry ..... [view site »]
   
• RedePapa
  A regional potato network that offers useful information on the andean tuber. In Spanish only..... [view site »]
   
• San Luis Valley Potato Administrative Committee, United States
  Promoting Colorado potatoes..... [view site »]
   
• Saskatchewan Seed Potato Growers Association, Canada
  Promoting and developing the potato industry in Saskatchewan ..... [view site »]
   
• Swedish Potato Growers Association, Sweden
   
• Teton Seed Marketing Association
  A single source for all major varieties of potatoes along with ..... [view site »]
   
• Washington State Potato Commission, United States
  Promoting and developing Washington potatoes ..... [view site »]
   
• Western Growers Association, United States
  Dedicated to providing quality services and programs that benefit and enhance the competitiveness of WGA members in the Arizona and California fresh produce industry ..... [view site »]
   
• Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association, United States
  Representing the potato growers of Wisconsin ..... [view site »]
   

Potato Research Institutes and Associations

• Agricultural Research Council, South Africa
  Under Institutions link to ARC-Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute ..... [view site »]
   
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada : Crops and Livestock Research Centre, Canada
  Providing research on insects, rotation crops, nematodes,variety development, weeds, diseases, ..... [view site »]
   
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada : Potato Research Centre, Canada
  Development of new cultivars and technologies for the production, handling, and management of potatoes..... [view site »]
   
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Canada
  Develop strategies of disease and insect control, identify natural biological controls, develop/improve resistance management programs ..... [view site »]
   
• Belarusian Research Institute for Potato Growing, Belarus
  Research on breeding, seed growing, and technology of potato cultivation..... [view site »]
   
• CIP: The International Potato Center , Peru
  The International Potato Centre (known by its Spanish acronym, CIP) seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained basis in developing countries through scientific research and related activities on potato, sweetpotato, other root and tuber crops, and on the improved management of natural resources in the Andes and other mountain areas........ [view site »]
   
• China Potato Website
  In Chinese and English. Information on statistics, research programs, institutions, Chinese Potato Journal, Chinese Potato Association, links ..... [view site »]
   
• European Association for Potato Research (EAPR), The Netherlands
  Promote the exchange of scientific and general information relating to all areas of potato growing ..... [view site »]
   
• Horticultural Research & Development Corporation (HRDC), Australia
  Providing comprehensive and professional research, development, and marketing services ..... [view site »]
   
• International Potato Centre (CIP), Peru
  Seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained basis in developing countries through scientific research and related activities on potato ..... [view site »]
   
• Michigan State University Potato Breeding and Genetics Program, United States
  Research on breeding and genetics ..... [view site »]
   
• Michigan State University: Potato Web Portal, United States
  Information on insects, diseases, nematodes, breeding, agricultural engineering, ..... [view site »]
   
• MTT Agrifood Research Finland
  Provide scientific research information, develop, and promote the transfer of new technology for the agriculture and food sector ...... [view site »]
   
• New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research
  Provide quality research, technologies and services to support the development of high quality products ..... [view site »]
   
• Nordic Gene Bank, Nordic Countries
  Preserve and document the genetic variation in Nordic agricultural and horticultural plant species ..... [view site »]
   
• Oregon State University : Potato Research and Extension, United States
  Potato variety database, research reports, potato information exchange, late blight , aphid report ..... [view site »]
   
• Oregon State University: Malheur Experiment Station, United States
  Potato Information Exchange, potato late blight, station potato variety trials, water and fertilizer management, publications, plant disease control guide, ..... [view site »]
   
• Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, Poland
  Research in breeding and seed production of major field crops ..... [view site »]
   
• Potato Research Institute Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic
  Information on cultural practices and nutrition, genetics and breeding, potato protection, tissue culture, ..... [view site »]
   
• Potato Research Institute, Brasov, Romania
   
• Potato Research Program of the National Agrarian University (UNALM), Peru
  Unit of research and academic training, within the UNALM's School of Agriculture, focusing on potatoes ..... [view site »]
   
• Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), Australia
  Information on horticulture industries in South Australia - profiles, statistics, markets, education and training, research,..... [view site »]
   
• Scottish Crop Research Institute, United Kingdom
  International centre for research on agricultural, horticultural and industrial crops important to northern Britain, the rest of the UK and the World, ..... [view site »]
   
• Seed Potato Centre, Finland
  Maintenance of healthy seed material and basic seed production of the potato varieties cultivated in Finland or produced for export ..... [view site »]
   
• South Australian Research and Development Institute, Australia
  Provide easy access to information on all aspects of potato production and storage ..... [view site »]
   
• Swedish University Of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden
  Research, teaching, continuous environmental assessment and information extension ..... [view site »]
   
• Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute
  The institute conducts both basic and applied research for various field, agronomic and horticultural crops in the fields of breeding and genetics, ..... [view site »]
   
• Texas A&M University (Horticulture): Aggie Spuds, United States
  This site contains information breeding, commercial, economics, people, diseases, recipes, ..... [view site »]
   
• The European Cultivated Potato Database
  A new resource for potato breeders, scientists and farmers. Information on: Pedigree, Health status of collections, Resistance to pests and diseases, Botanical, agronomic and quality characteristics. [view site »]
   
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Small Grains & Potato Germplasm Research
  Develop improved potato varieties for processing and fresh market uses ..... [view site »]
   
• University of Idaho (Kimberley): Potato Storage Research Facility, United States
  Information on potato storage research, Idaho Disease Reporter, late blight update ..... [view site »]
   
• University of Manitoba - Potato Research Group, Canada
  This site contains information on soil, irrigation, diseases, pests, storage, processing, ..... [view site »]
   
• Wageningen Agricultural University: Potato Research, The Netherlands
  Research on plant breeding ..... [view site »]