History of the UAAS Institute for Potato Research

Institute for Potato Research (till 1992 – Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Potato Economy) was founded in August 1968 on the bases of Nemishaeve breeding and research station (organized in 1932) of Ukrainian Research Institute for Crop-growing under jurisdiction of Southern Department of All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences named after V.I.Lenin. In 1990 the Institute was subordinated to the newly established Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (UAAS).

Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences exercises scientific guidance and financing of the Institute.

Zone of the Institute’s activity is the territory of Ukraine. Maine directions of scientific research are potato breeding, seed production, technology of growing, storing and processing as well as marketing.

Since 2004 a head of the Institute has been a candidate of agriculture sciences Anatoliy A.Bondarchuk. Themes of scientific research provide for development of new potato varieties of high quality, improving potato seed production system, technology of potato production and processing potatoes into food products as well as problems of economy and marketing of the crop for the fullest satisfaction of the consumers’ needs.