Union Nationale des Producteurs de Pommes de Terre

What Union Nationale des Producteurs de Pommes de Terre does

Union Nationale des Producteurs de Pommes de Terre (UNPT) is a French professional syndicate founded in 2002 and headquartered in Paris at 45 rue de Naples. It represents approximately 20,000 potato producers operating across roughly 200,000 cultivated hectares — a sector generating around €5 billion in annual business volume and in which France is the world's leading fresh-potato exporter. UNPT's mandate is "economic unionism" focused on producer income and agricultural progress: it conducts collective bargaining with industrial buyers (McCain, Aviko, Mousline, Parmentine, etc.), defends members' interests before French authorities and European institutions (notably through its president's seat at the COPA-COGECA Potato Group and at NEPG), and administers sector-specific risk and compliance programs.

Its product and service portfolio combines traditional union functions with a recently built digital layer. Core services include the weekly Economic Letter, the Le Patatier quarterly magazine distributed free to over 10,000 producers since 2002, FMSE/ASPDT sanitary coverage providing up to 100% economic protection against quarantine diseases, and the Sanicoup sanitary approval system for seed-cutting operations. Since mid-2024, UNPT has launched four digital tools: OptiGERM (germination decision support, co-developed with Arvalis, July 2024), Potato'Stock (digital storage benchmarking, November 2024), Sanicoup (March 2025), and LexiPom (AI-driven contract analysis for fresh-market contracts, June 2026). It also co-organizes the PRO POM' professional trade fair alongside its annual congress, which drew 2,500 participants and 75 exhibitors at its second edition in Arras in January 2026.

UNPT is funded primarily through annual membership dues set at €15 (excluding tax) per hectare of conservation potato production, as confirmed at the January 2025 Annual General Meeting. It is an independent, non-investor-backed organization, affiliated with FNSEA at the national level and with COPA-COGECA and NEPG at the European level. The union operates with a small staff (1–10 employees) and a board led by President Geoffroy d'Evry, a farmer in the Oise who also chairs NEPG and the COPA-COGECA Potato Group. Its subsidiary/affiliated entities include ASPDT (sanitary coverage administration) and PRO POM' (the trade show brand).

Name

Union Nationale des Producteurs de Pommes de Terre

Legal name

Union Nationale des Producteurs de Pommes de Terre

Website

https://unpt.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UNPT is the French national union of potato producers, representing around 20,000 growers across 200,000 hectares and providing economic representation, sanitary coverage, and digital services including AI-based contract analysis and storage management tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Union Services

NAICS

Potato Farming (111211), Business Associations (813910)

akta.pro primary industry

Regulatory Consulting & Compliance Program Management (FDA/USDA/EFSA) (AFALADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sanitary & Phytosanitary (SPS) & Food Safety Regulatory Cooperation (BPADANAF)

Keywords

• Potato producer association
• Agricultural union services
• Farm market intelligence
• Agricultural legal support
• Crop storage management

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

UNPT is the national professional syndicate representing approximately 20,000 French potato producers. It delivers economic, legal, and political support services including market intelligence (weekly Economic Letter), legal assistance for contract disputes, collective representation before French and European institutions, and proprietary digital tools (LexiPom AI contract analysis, Potato'Stock storage management, OptiGERM germination control). The organization also publishes the Le Patatier quarterly magazine, organizes the PRO POM' trade fair, and provides FMSE/ASPDT sanitary coverage against quarantine diseases.

Product overview

UNPT operates as a professional agricultural union providing a portfolio of digital tools and services for French potato producers. Core offerings include LexiPom (AI-powered contract analysis platform), Potato'Stock (digital storage management), and OptiGERM (storage decision support tool from Arvalis). The organization also publishes Le Patatier quarterly magazine and organizes the PRO POM' professional trade fair. Supporting services include FMSE/ASPDT sanitary coverage and market intelligence through weekly economic newsletters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Le Patatier: Quarterly magazine distributed free to more than 10,000 potato producers since 2002, covering all potato market outlets (fresh, industry, starch) and the latest technical and agronomic innovations.
• LexiPom
• PRO POM'

Products and services

• LexiPom AI-powered contract analysis platform for potato producers that examines commercial contracts in the fresh market sector, identifying clauses related to price, volumes, quality, delivery conditions, penalties, termination, and force majeure. Highlights contractual imbalances and areas of uncertainty. Available to UNPT members.
• Potato'Stock Free digital storage management tool providing potato producers with monthly personalized reports and comparisons with regional and national potato stock levels.
• OptiGERM Free decision-support tool developed by Arvalis for potato storage management, providing diagnostic analysis and personalized advice for optimizing germination control during storage.
• SANICOUP Sanitary approval system for certified potato seed cutting operations, ensuring sanitary security and quality standards in seed preparation.
• Le Patatier Magazine Quarterly magazine distributed free to over 10,000 potato producers since 2002, covering industry news, technical innovations, agronomic developments, and all potato market outlets (fresh, industry, starch).
• PRO POM' Trade Fair Professional trade fair and exhibition for the potato industry, organized by UNPT, featuring industry exhibitors and networking opportunities for producers, economic actors, and institutions.
• FMSE/ASPDT Sanitary Coverage Sanitary coverage service protecting producers against economic losses from quarantine diseases, including nematodes, wart disease, brown rot, and ring rot, with up to 100% coverage.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• FNSEA: France's largest generalist farmers' union, of which UNPT is a specialized member federation; comparable as a French agricultural producer representative body but operating at much broader crop scope.
• COPA-COGECA: The pan-European umbrella for farmers (COPA) and agricultural cooperatives (COGECA); UNPT's president chairs the COPA-COGECA Potato Group, making this the most directly comparable EU-level peer organization representing agricultural producer interests.

Direct peers

• NEPG (Northwest European Potato Growers): Coalition of potato grower organizations from the five main North-West European producing countries (NL, BE, DE, FR, UK); UNPT's president is also president of NEPG, making it a directly comparable cross-border potato-grower association.
• Europatat: European potato trade association representing the entire potato supply chain at EU level; comparable as a sector-wide potato organization with overlapping membership among French and European potato value-chain players.
• GIPT (Groupement Interprofessionnel pour la Valorisation de la Pomme de Terre): French interprofessional grouping for potato valorization listed alongside UNPT, FranceAgriMer and CNIPT in the 2030 prospective study; directly comparable as a French potato sector coordination entity.
• CNIPT (Comité National Interprofessionnel de la Pomme de Terre): French interprofessional committee for the potato sector bringing together production and downstream; co-publisher with UNPT of the 2030 prospective study and directly comparable as a sector coordination body.

Regional players

• Deutscher Bauernverband (DBV): German national farmers' association representing German crop farmers including potato producers; comparable as a large national farmers' union within NEPG, with overlapping sectoral priorities but operating in Germany rather than France.
• Boerenbond: Belgian farmers' union with significant potato grower membership in Flanders; comparable as a national farmers' union serving a major Northwest European potato producing region.
• LTO Nederland: Dutch agricultural employers' organization representing Dutch arable farmers including potato growers; comparable as a national farmers' union with a strong potato constituency, operating in the same Northwest European potato ecosystem but in the Netherlands.

Others

• Arvalis: French arable-crop technical institute that co-developed OptiGERM with UNPT; comparable as a sector R&D and agronomy partner serving French potato producers, though it is a technical institute rather than a producer union.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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