Research and Development in South America

The Universidad Austral de Chile (UACh) is a distinguished Latin American academic institution with more than 60 years of experience educating professionals who are highly competitive at both the national and international levels.

EMBRAPA is a technological innovation enterprise focused on generating knowledge and technology for Brazilian agriculture.

Consorcio Tecnológico de la papa ecuador (CTPE) is an association of research organisations and universities to promote, stimulate and coordinate research for the potato industry in Ecuador

Diagnosticos Vegetales specialized in providing diagnostic services for plant diseases and sanitary management of potato crops, as well as in the production of seed potato minitubers.

La Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata es una institución académica pública situada en la ciudad de Balcarce, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. En esta institución se dictan varias carreras de grado y de posgrado.

INIAP generates and provides appropriate technologies, products, services and specialized training to contribute to sustainable development of the agricultural, agro-forestry and agro-industry. One of its programs, Programa Nacional de Raíces y Tubérculos, works with potato crop.

Uruguay's National Institute for Agricultural Research (INIA) works to generate and adapt knowledge and technologies to contribute to the sustainable development of the agricultural sector and the country.

PROPAPA represents the consolidation of an operating unit of services, production and research with a strong emphasis on the potato crop.

The International Potato Center or Centro Internacional de la Papa (also known by its Spanish acronym, CIP) seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained basis in developing countries.

The Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) of Chile is the state agency for agricultural research and development. It is the main agricultural research institution in Chile, with more than 50 years of experience.

National Institute of Seeds (INASE) objective is to promote an efficient activity of production and commercialization of seeds, to ensure to the agrarian producer the identity and quality of the seed that they acquire and to protect the property of the phytogenetic creations.

The National University of Colombia is a center where not only different and often contradictory currents of thought converge, but also urban expressions that accentuate its character as representative of the Colombian nation.

NovaSeed performs research and genetic development of potato seeds; they search for varieties with special features, inspired by today's demanding markets.

Rustikas.Uy is a company in Uruguay specialized in the aeroponic production of mini-tubers of virus-resistant potato varieties. The company operates a laboratory for the production of virus-free potato seedlings.

Semillas S.Z., a company with Chilean and Dutch capitals, has more than 40 years of experience in the production of high-quality, certified seed potatoes. They work exclusively in Chile with the genetics and varieties of HZPC