The Potato Work Group serves as a platform through which relevant information
regarding technical aspects and the role players in the potato industry is made
available to all KORKOM members. Our aim is to secure sustainable commercial
potato production in our region. This service includes the following:
Cultivar evaluation programme.
Communicating the results of potato trails on a national level.
Development of sustainable farming practices.
Evaluating and comparing production costs.
Cultural practices applied to improve crop production and protection.
Crop rotation.
Monitoring of aphid populations as part of an integrated approach in
the sustainable production of high quality SEED POTATOES from the Ceres region.
Mechanical planting and harvesting.
Alliance with Stellenbosch Disease Clinic
Fulfilling our social commitment and responsibility by involvement in community projects.
Empowering the producer and consumer with knowledge about cultivar specific characteristics.
Cultivar evaluation programme which includes the following:
- A region specific, semi-commercial evaluation of six potato cultivars.
- A screening trail of twenty processing and table potato cultivars in partnership with First Potato Dynamics.
Farm Vredelust in the Koue Bokkeveld.
Monitoring of leaf Fusarium trail on the miner (Liriomyza huidobrensis) populations in
potato fields and other adjacent host crops.
Evaluating of Fianna seed potatoes from different growers and regions.
Regional monitoring of aphid populations.
