8th August 2008
SCRI, Dundee

A major conference on global potato production will form part of Scotland’s contribution to the UN Year of the Potato in 2008.

The international conference on potato production will be held in Dundee in August…organised by SCRI and its commercial subsidiary, Mylnefield Research Services.  Among the speakers will be 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 British Potato Council.

The rapidly increasing importance of China in the global potato industry will be 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.

Further Details
Additional information about this event is available online