PERSONAL PROFILE
Hugh Poths gained a
Higher National Diploma in Commercial Horticulture, specialising in Vegetable
production, at Writtle
Agricultural College. Since that time he
has worked for the Processors and Growers Research Organisation, near
carrying out vegetable variety trials and
communicating closely with the processing industry.
He then went on to a
major, international, vegetable seed organisation to develop and manage all
technical and marketing aspects
of the business. A tremendous wealth of experience came from
this long and successful career in the seed industry which involved detailed
working knowledge of –
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Crop
and variety product development
He worked closely with
plant breeders, sales teams, vegetable growers,
research Institutes, as well as consultants, trial stations, the press
and marketing organisations for
coordinating resources and optimising budgetary control.
More recently he
worked with the government body HorTIPS writing for
and helping to manage a national conference on Seed Viability.
While cooperating with
Vegetable Consultancy Services Ltd he was leader for a Horticultural
Development Council project FV 264 on
aspects of disease control in the bulb
onion crop.
Working with Pro-Veg
Seeds Ltd has
enabled him to continue supporting the leading edge of the vegetable seed
industry.
A member of the
Vegetable Consultants Association he has also worked with the Organic Food
Federation, one of the
organic registration bodies.
Lion Television Ltd
has taken technical advice and
Full contact details
Telephone +44 (0)1507 602472 mobile 07801 132306
Email mail@handy4horticulture.co.uk