Improving International Potato Production
The Improving International Potato Production (IIPP) conference is Scotland's main event during the 2008 UN Year of the Potato. It was held at Dundee's Apex Hotel on Friday 8 August 2008 organised by SCRI and its commercial subsidiary Mylnefield Research Services.
IIPP took place the day after SCRI's Potatoes in Practice event - the premier field potato event in the UK on 7 August. That night there was a potato industry dinner at the conference venue, Dundee's Apex Hotel.
Among the conference speakers were Dr Pamela Anderson, the Director General of the International Potato Centre in Peru, and Dr Mike Storey, the Head of Research and Development at the Potato Council.
The rapidly increasing importance of China in the global potato industry was recognised by the presence at the conference of a high level Chinese delegation. Its members will be visiting the UK as part of the UK – China Development Dialogue 2008.
Presentations given by each of the speakers at the conference are below.
- PDF file: A Global Perspective of Potato Production in Emerging Markets (4.74 MB)
Dr Pamela Anderson, Director General of International Potato Center - PDF file: Current Development and Prospect: Potato Production and Processing in China (2.68 MB)
Ms MA Shuping, Deputy Director-General, Department of Crop Production, Chinese Ministry of Agriculture - PDF file: Policies and Research Priorities for Sustaining Potato Production and Consumption in Asia-Pacific (948 KB)
Dr Suman Kumar Pandey, Director, Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla - PDF file: Eurocrop – Research Needs to Improve EU Potato Crop Competitiveness (1.1 MB)
Dr Mike Storey, Head of R&D at The Potato Council Ltd - PDF file: Potato Breeding in a Changing World (1.54 MB)
Dr John Bradshaw, SCRI - PDF file: Pest and Pathogens (1.07 MB)
Dr Ian Toth, SCRI - PDF file: Potatoes – Water and Mineral Elements (732 KB)
Professor Phillip White, SCRI - PDF file: Quality and Nutritional Value (1.45 MB)
Professor Howard Davies, SCRI - PDF file: High Health Seed Potatoes (792 KB)
Professor Gordon Machray, SASA - PDF file: Climate Change: Impact and Opportunities for Potatoes (711 KB)
Dr Anton Haverkort, Wageningen University and Research Centre - PDF file: Potato Variety Development in a Mature Retail Market (1.32 MB)
Paul Coleman, Technical Director, Greenvale AP - PDF file: Closing Remarks (509 KB)
Professor Peter Gregory, Director of SCRI
For more information on the conference and biographies of the speakers see:
More information about the UN International Year of the Potato is available on the International Year of the Potato website.
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