NOVA
HZPC proudly presents NOVA - Hybrid True Potato Seeds: a groundbreaking line of hybrid potato varieties grown from seeds instead of tubers.
NOVA is the name of HZPC’s new generation of potato varieties, developed through hybrid breeding. Unlike traditional seed potatoes, NOVA varieties are grown from true seeds – an innovation that makes potato cultivation more accessible, efficient, and sustainable across the globe.
Why Hybrid True Potato Seeds?
- Faster development of new resilient variaties
- Scalable production - millions of seeds possible
- Reliable genetics through pure parent lines
- Easier tailored for local conditions
- Efficient selection using data
Only 10% of Kenyan farmers have access to certified seed potatoes. NOVA can be a game changer.
NOVA is opening doors
Hybrid potatoes can be grown from seed—ideal for regions with limited access to certified seed potatoes, like Kenya and other parts of Africa and Asia.
Challenges in these regions include:
- No certified seed imports
- Few local seed producers
- Year-round Late Blight pressure
- Classical breeding is slow and complex
- Crop protection is costly, unavailable, or misused
Timeline hybrid breeding HZPC
Royal HZPC Group brings wild potato self-pollinating gene to the Netherlands. Eventually, we succeed in crossing this gene into existing varieties.
Our research team starts investing heavily in hybrid breeding.
The Hybrid True Potato Seeds match the yields of the dominant variety in Kenya.
