Dr Nigel Crump
Dr Nigel Crump is a potato pathologist with over 20 years’ experience working in the Australian potato industry. Nigel is the General Manager for the Australian Seed Potato Industry Certification Authority (AuSPICA), an industry-based organisation that operates the seed potato certification Scheme in South Australia, Victoria and northern New South Wales.
Nigel also oversees the day-to-day operation of the Toolangi Elite business which produces G0 potato minitubers and tissue culture plantlets.
Nigel holds adjunct roles including Deputy Chair of the UN Economic Commission specialised section on seed potatoes.
Recently, Nigel was appointed as a director of the World Potato Congress Inc. Research includes involvement in international projects in Vanuatu, Ethiopia, Indonesia and New Zealand.
Nigel will be the regional representative for eastern Victoria and key contact for the seed potato sector.