Potato Certification Service

PCS Annual Workshop 2025: Leading Change From Within

Potato Certification Service held its annual workshop outside Pretoria. Working with the high-performance coaching firm, Purposely Ignited, the team is ready to embrace the future!

Back Left to Right: André Wessel (Technical Manager PCS), Dr. Ansa van Vuuren (Managing Director PCS). Front Left to Right: Dr. Santosh K. Tiwari (Associate Director, Agro R&D PepsiCo India Holdings), Frank Osler (Technical Services Manager PepsiCo South Africa)

Revised Standard for Seed Potatoes Adopted

The UNECE Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards adopted the revised standard for seed potatoes on 18 November 2025.

(https://unece.org/media/trade/wp.7%20meetings/press/409645)

Production Statistics

The latest statistics of records captured on the Potato Certification Service Information System.

Certified Seed Potatoes

Follow the link below to view the South African variety list and the list of distributors of certified seed potatoes.

Seed Potato Grower of 2024

Follow the link below to view the announcement of the top three seed potato growers for 2024.

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