2012 is an exciting year for the potato industry in Scotland. Edinburgh will be the venue for the World Potato Congress hosted by the Potato Council. Find out more about the congress, including the programme, social activities and industry interaction at the World Potato Congress website.
SASA will be playing a lead role in the congress. Dr John Kerr will speak on the topic “Keeping it Clean … and proving it”. In the presentation John will discuss the essential role of Classified Seed has to play in a robust and sustainable supply chain. His talk will showcase the Scottish Seed Potato classification scheme as an exemplar. He will go on to highlight the need for a harmonised global approach to measuring seed quality discussing how the UNECE Standard on Seed Potatoes can be used to improve trading relations and give farmers, wherever they are growing potatoes, access to good quality seed.
SASA will be one of the venues for several of the industry interaction tours on the Wednesday of the programme, giving delegates the chance to see at first hand the wide range of work undertaken by SASA in support of the potato industry.
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