World Potato City Emmeloord
The complete potato chain in one place
Breeding Growing Harvesting Storing Trading Inspecting Packaging Processing Grading Education
Nowhere is the potato chain as clear as in World Potato City Emmeloord
Potato trading houses, sorting and storage technology, storage, palletizing and processing, can all be found at the companies located in and around Emmeloord.
Companies
world famous
Emmeloord is world famous as the World Potato City, within the potato chain the “Silicon Valley” of potatoes.
THE biggest
The Noordoostpolder, with Emmeloord as his capital, is the biggest potato municipality in the Netherlands with 7.313 hectares of seed potatoes and 2.857 hectares of ware potatoes.
one stop shop
Potato trading houses, sorting and storage technology, storage, palletizing and processing, can all be found at the companies located in and around Emmeloord. Their expertise extends all over the world and they deliver custom work on every continent, in every country, in every place.
exported annually
globally spread products and knowledge
The potato sector in Emmeloord is highly valued internationally. Cultivators from all over the world acquire not only their stock material, knowledge and expertise about cultivation, but also ‘hardware’ in the form of storage techniques and all kinds of machines.
experts in potato cultivation
The Netherlands is number one worldwide when it comes to potato cultivation. Of all the potatoes traded globally, at least 60 percent are of Dutch origin.
We invest in the future to maintain our leading position
The Dutch potato chain is a global leader. We would like to maintain that leading position. That is why we invest a lot in knowledge and education in World Potato City Emmeloord.
We also receive trade delegations, ambassadors and, of course, (inter)national customers to show the potato chain and our potato knowledge.