International Year of the Potato Secretariat Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, Italy

Task manager Information programme coordinator Volunteers Eric Kueneman Graeme Thomas Sara Canobbi, Marco Fuduli, Executive secretary Communication specialist Diana Gutiérrez Méndez, NeBambi Lutaladio Kathleen McGovern Eleonora Panunzi, Administrative support World Photography Contest coordinator Margherita Pieraccini Anna Brogna Nathalie Santini Translations Belén Jiménez Potato specialist Marie-Thérèse Brun,Yasin el-Jaber, Luigi Castaldi Jianchun Gong, Rosamaría Nuñez, United Nations Office in Belarus

FAO Task Force The Secretariat was supported by the T. Friedrich, K. Gallagher, K. Ghosh, A. Prakash, T. Price, S. Prokop, following representatives of FAO units: S. Grove, T. Haapala, D. Hallam, R. M. Samanez, C. Shin, A. Sonnino, E. Arias, P. M. Arias, S. Aviles, A. Hodder, P. Kenmore, W. Khoury, A. Tavares, M. Villarreal D. Battaglia, B. Burlingame, R. Laub, C. Matthews, E. Muehlhoff, and G. Wall S. Burchi, C. Calpe, S. Cowan, G. Muir, N. Nguyen, E. Northoff, J. Crews, E. Crowley, G. Evers, T. Osborn, N. Parsons, M. Prado-Leal,

Informal International Steering Committee Chairpersons: Shivaji Pandey (FAO), and representatives of: African Potato Italpatat, Indian Potato Association, Pamela Anderson (CIP) Association, ANEIOA/Europatat, Ausveg McCain Foods Ltd, National Union Committee members included: Permanent Ltd., Bio-Fresh (UK), Bioversity of Potato Producers’ Associations Representatives to FAO and high-level International, British Potato Council, (Italy), Potato Committee of the China officials from Embassies in Italy: British potato industry, National Food Industry Association, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Ecuador, Burson-Marsteller Paris, Cornell Potatoes South Africa, Potato Growers Egypt, Ethiopia, European Commission University, Regional Agency for Rural of Alberta (Canada), Potato Levy Board Delegation, Germany, Indonesia, Development (Friuli Venezia Giulia, in South Africa, Simmetrie&Partners, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Peru, Italy), European Association for Potato J.R. Simplot Co., Sustainable Food Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Uganda, Research, Fleishman-Hillard Inc., Laboratory, The Potato Museum, United States of America, Uruguay Global Potato News, Horticulture and the United States Potato Board. and Viet Nam New Zealand, HZPC Holland B.V,

Text and design: Graeme Thomas and Giulio Sansonetti Cover: Giancarlo de Pol