Allan Parker, President of World Potato Congress Inc., announced today that Christchurch has been selected as the site of the 7th International World Potato Congress to be held in March 2009.
It’s the first time the Congress will be held in the South Pacific and will be hosted by the Potato Product Group of Horticulture New Zealand. It’s expected more than 500 delegates from developing and developed countries, including growers, producers, traders, processors and manufacturers, will attend the conference.
President Parker, of Prince Edward Island, Canada, stated “Christchurch, the Garden City and Festival Centre, with its many contrasting amenities, will be an ideal venue for delegates to our tri-annual congress.”
