Global Potato Summit 2025: A landmark initiative to transform India’s potato industry and shape global growth

As India strengthens its position as a global leader in potato production, processing, and value-added innovations, Media Today Pvt. Ltd., is deepening its role in steering this transformation through strategic industry engagement and ecosystem-wide collaboration. Continuing its commitment to advancing agriculture and food systems, Media Today announces the Global Potato Summit (GPS) 2025, scheduled for 11to12 December 2025 at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida, followed by live farm demonstrations on December 12-13 at NH 24, near Balaji Truck Dhaba, opp. Upeda Village, Hapur, UP.

The Summit represents a major step in elevating India’s presence in the global potato value chain and shaping new pathways for innovation, investment, and sectoral development.

Strong Government and Industry Support

The Global Potato Summit 2025 is gaining extraordinary momentum, powered by robust support, active participation, and strategic guidance from India’s leading institutions and global potato industry giants. Under the esteemed chairmanship of Abhishek Dev, Chairman, APEDA and Chairman, Honorary Advisory Board, Global Potato Summit 2025, the Summit is being shaped with a forward-looking vision that aligns India’s potato economy with international benchmarks in trade, technology, and sustainability. Supporting him is a distinguished panel representing every segment of the potato value chain—processors, exporters, seed innovators, technology providers, cold-chain leaders, farmer bodies, and research institutions—collectively steering GPS 2025 as a national movement to position India as a global potato powerhouse.

What truly sets this Summit apart is its unprecedented international participation. Delegations, companies, and policymakers from over 15 countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Israel, China, and key Asian and African potato-producing regions, have confirmed their involvement. Their presence brings cutting-edge expertise in seed breeding, storage technology, processing machinery, precision agriculture, and global potato trade—elevating GPS 2025 into one of the most globally integrated potato events ever hosted in India.

The Summit enjoys strong institutional backing from APEDA, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, NHB, CPRI, MIDH, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, CIP India and multiple State Governments, reaffirming its national importance. Industry enthusiasm is equally impressive, with confirmed participation and sponsorship from leading global and Indian companies including MANTRA (a JV of Haldiram’s & SK Group), Agristo, Hungritos, HyFarm, Technico, Ross, Vibracion, Simplot, Fry & bake, Tummers, Kiron, Mahindra HZPC, MS International, Green Fay, DF Bio Tech, Survir Agritech, Kiremko, Farmtom, Crown Flakes, Syntegon, jain irrigation, Huntin Organics, among others.

India at the Forefront of a Global Transformation

India, the world’s second-largest potato producer at 55 million metric tonnes—stands on the verge of rapid expansion, driven by evolving food habits, a booming QSR culture, and rising demand for processed products. The frozen potato market, valued at USD 1.77 billion in 2023, is projected to grow at an impressive 17% CAGR to reach USD 7.23 billion by 2032. Dehydrated products such as flakes, powders, and granules are also witnessing exceptional growth due to their wide use in snacks, bakery, packaged meals, and baby food.

Why the Global Potato Summit 2025 Matters

Despite its strengths, the potato ecosystem faces structural challenges—fragmented value chains, inadequate cold storage distribution, high post-harvest losses, and underutilized export potential. Quality inconsistencies, SPS compliance gaps, and climate vulnerabilities further limit opportunities. GPS 2025 aims to overcome these barriers by uniting farmers, industries, policymakers, researchers, global corporations, and technology innovators on one powerful platform to drive coordinated progress.

The Summit aims to build a forward-looking potato ecosystem through deeper linkages among producers, processors, exporters, researchers, and policymakers. It focuses on accelerating mechanization, digital traceability, and precision agriculture; advancing R&D for high-yielding and processing-grade varieties; and modernizing storage and logistics infrastructure to reduce regional imbalances. Strengthening India’s export competitiveness through a strong “Potato India” identity, it is poised to improve farmer incomes through value addition and contract farming, promoting climate-resilient practices, and charting a future Indian potato trade and consumption roadmap.

Key Highlights of GPS 2025

Mega Exhibition

A large-scale showcase featuring 150+ leading industry participants from India and across the world, presenting cutting-edge technologies, machinery, seed innovations, processed products, and cold-chain solutions.

15,000+ Visitors: Extensive footfall expected from farmers, processors, exporters, technology providers, policymakers, researchers, and global buyers, making it one of the largest gatherings in the potato sector.

International Conference: High-powered knowledge sessions led by global experts, policymakers, and industry leaders focusing on the future of potato cultivation, processing, value addition, and export opportunities.

Indian Potato Industry Excellence Awards: Recognition of outstanding companies, innovators, and leaders who have made exceptional contributions to India’s potato value chain.

Live Farm Demonstrations: Hands-on field sessions showcasing latest seed varieties, machinery, irrigation technologies, fertilizers, and modern cultivation practices to help farmers adopt high-impact solutions.

Where Knowledge Takes Root

On December 12–13, a large-scale Live Farm Demonstration will be held in association with Agristo at Upeda Village, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, one of India’s leading potato-growing hubs. The event will provide farmers with hands-on exposure to advanced seed varieties, smart irrigation systems, high-efficiency fertilizers, and state-of-the-art machinery in real field conditions. Designed to showcase practical and locally adaptable solutions, the demonstrations will foster peer learning, expert engagement, and collaborative problem-solving. By witnessing clear, evidence-based improvements in yield, quality, and profitability, farmers will be inspired and empowered to adopt modern practices, ensuring that global innovations are translated into real, measurable impact at the farm level.

A Milestone for India and the Global Potato Economy

Envisioned through extensive dialogue with international experts and first introduced at the 2024 World Potato Congress in Adelaide, the Global Potato Summit has evolved into a robust global platform. The 2025 edition is expected to attract participation from across continents, positioning India as a key hub of innovation, processing, and trade within the global potato economy.

For India, GPS 2025 is more than a gathering, it is a defining moment for a nation whose potato industry is expanding faster than ever and rapidly emerging as a driver of global supply, processing, and innovation. As India strengthens its position as a key contributor to the world potato market, the Summit offers an unprecedented opportunity to showcase national leadership, attract global investment, and open new pathways of collaboration across the international potato value chain. By aligning India’s growth momentum with global expertise and market opportunities, GPS 2025 sets the stage for a sustainable, technology-driven, and globally competitive future for the potato sector.

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