The International Potato Group

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The International Potato Group

• Iain Kirkwood
• APRP Research Director

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Role of the International Potato Group

• Formerly International Levy Board Collaboration
  Group
• Started 3 years ago at the Boise WPC
• Group meets annually Cape Town , Lima,
  Christchurch next meeting South Africa Oct 2010
• Marketing section Research section
• Share industry information and issues eg
  Acrylamide
• Foster collaborative research between the member
  countries
• Share research outputs and to ensure research is
  not repeated

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Collaborative projects

• Spongospora phylogeny project ETH PhD
• International Potato Disease Diagnostics
  collaboration
• 15m project
• Four countries seven research institutes
• Zebra chip collaboration Plant and Food
  Research

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Future of the IPG

• The IPG will have a larger role to play in
  Australian Potato Research in the future
• Increase in collaborative and co-funded programs
• Projects are likely to be reviewed by
  international research directors
• We can be pro-active rather than re-active with
  issues highlighted by the group