Expert programme
Write for Potatopedia
Potatopedia publishes bylined articles by people who know the crop: breeders, scientists, extension specialists and consultants. Articles run on the site and in our newsletters, read by growers, processors, seed houses and traders worldwide. You write 800 to 1,500 words; we check the facts and sources; you approve the edit.
Who can write
- Potato breeders and seed-company scientists
- Researchers at CIP, national research institutes and universities
- Extension specialists and agronomists
- Plant-health, certification and storage specialists
- Independent consultants and market analysts
- Heads of growers' associations and national potato boards
Writers from Africa, Asia and Latin America are especially welcome: those markets get too little expert coverage.
Topics we want
- What a new variety or registration means for growers and processors
- Seed certification, seed health and seed trade rules in your country
- Disease and pest pressure: PVY, late blight, wireworm, zebra chip, nematodes
- Storage, sprout control and keeping quality for processing
- Processing technology: sorting, peeling, frying, acrylamide, energy
- Markets and trade: how prices are set, contracts, export flows
- Research results explained for people who run farms, stores and plants
The rules
- 800 to 1,500 words.
- No selling: no product pitches, prices or calls to buy. Name your company once, in your bio.
- Every figure has a source we can link: an official statistic, a peer-reviewed paper, a trial report or a public company document.
- Your own work, not published elsewhere first. You keep the right to share it after publication with a link back.
- A real photo of you (your own); we never use AI images.
- One link, to your institution or company page, in your bio.
Expert contributions are editorial: they are chosen on merit, never sold. Paid company content is a separate product, always labelled “Published with us”. Clearly labelled sponsors. Never paid rankings. Never paid facts. See the editorial standards.
How it works
- 1PitchSend the form below: the topic, two or three sentences on your angle, and your role.
- 2ApprovalWe reply within one working day and approve the pitch, or suggest a different angle.
- 3DraftYou write 800 to 1,500 words in plain English, with a source for every figure.
- 4EditWe edit for facts, sources and plain English. Nothing changes your meaning without your say.
- 5Your approvalYou approve the edited version before anything is published.
- 6PublishThe article goes live with your byline, photo, short bio and one link to your institution, and you get an author page.
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