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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Papas andinas contra la malnutrición del mundo
July 10, 2015
Papas andinas contra la malnutrición del mundo
La papa ha salvado al mundo de hambrunas. Ahora, papas andinas poco conocidas podrían acabar con la malnutrición. El Centro Internacional de la Papa presentó en Bruselas un proyecto regional con aspiraciones globales.
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Belgium
Científicos exhortan a la acción para preservar parientes silvestres de papa
May 05, 2015
Científicos exhortan a la acción para preservar parientes silvestres de papa
Los parientes silvestres de los cultivos son especies de plantas silvestres que comparten un ancestro común con los cultivos. Mantienen un alto nivel de diversidad genética que los hace una fuente invalorable de materia prima para el mejoramiento de los cultivos. Sin embargo, su disponibilidad para fines de investigación depende la cobertura y estado de las colecciones de germoplasma mantenidas en los bancos genéticos.
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Peru
Sweet Potatoes are Genetically Modified - by nature
April 21, 2015
Sweet Potatoes are Genetically Modified - by nature
Researchers from Ghent University and the International Potato Center have discovered that sweet potatoes naturally contain genes from a bacterium. Because of the presence of this 'foreign' DNA, sweet potato can be seen as a 'natural gmo'.
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Belgium
New potato varieties to improve Pacific food security
April 06, 2015
New potato varieties to improve Pacific food security
Almost 70 new varieties of potato and sweet potato will soon be available to Pacific Island countries and territories, to improve food security across the region.
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Fiji

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International Potato Center (CIP)

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

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