International Potato Center (CIP)

International Potato Center (CIP)

International Potato Center (CIP)

https://www.cipotato.org

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The International Potato Center or Centro Internacional de la Papa (also known by its Spanish acronym, CIP) seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained basis in developing countries.

The Center works to achieve this through scientific research and related activities on potato, sweet potato, other root and tuber crops, and on the improved management of natural resources in the Andes and other mountain areas.
 

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International Potato Center Global Presence

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International Potato Center (CIP)
CIP South Asia Regional Centre (CSARC)
The International Potato Center’s South Asia Regional Centre (CSARC), located in Singna, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, is a cutting-edge research facility dedicated to advancing the development of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other root and tuber crops.
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Que es la marchitez bacteriana de la papa?
April 08, 2016
Que es la marchitez bacteriana de la papa?
Volante del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) sobre esta enfermedad, que destruye el cultivo y no permite volver a sembrarlo.
From the archive
Peru
Flying a specially equipped drone, a team of CIP researchers from South America and Africa has successfully used remote-sensing technology to obtain data on orange-fleshed sweetpotato fields in East Africa.
February 26, 2016
East African drone pilot project started to gather crop data in Tanzania
Researchers from the University of Nairobi, the International Potato Centre (CIP) and others ave started a pilot project in Tanzania, where a drone was able to pinpoint 14 different varieties of sweet potatoes in Ukiriguru Research Institute in Mwanza.
From the archive
Tanzania
Field Trials of a blight-resistant GM potato at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) in Rangpur (Courtesy: BARI)
February 07, 2016
Bangladeshi scientists seek regulatory approval for a GMO potato resistant to late blight
Scientists in Bangladesh (BARI) have successfully field-tested a genetically modified (GMO) potato resistant to late blight, one of the most devastating potato diseases. Once the regulatory trial is over in February, they will apply for release of the variety.
From the archive
Bangladesh
Late blight resistant plants in the back grow while non-resistant varieties in the foreground die.
January 31, 2016
Uganda field trial shows extreme resistance to late blight by GM potato
In Uganda, a series of field trials began in 2015 to assess whether twelve highly resistant GM plants of the ‘Desiree’ and local ‘Victoria’ variety provided by the International Potato Center CIP offer a durable resistance to late blight
From the archive
Uganda

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  • Av. La Molina 1895, La Molina
    Lima Gobierno Regional de Lima Peru

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