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International Potato Center (CIP)

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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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Potato farmers in Peru (International Potato Center)
April 14, 2011
Resistant potato varieties make the difference between having enough to eat or not
Excessive rains and an increased presence of late blight disease devastated the Cusco region of Peru in January-February 2010, which was declared a national emergency area.
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April 02, 2011
Último número de Andinotas ofrece información sobre lanzamiento en Ecuador de dos productos innovadores elaborados con papas nativas
El jueves 3 de marzo del 2011 en la galería “Ecuador Gourmet” de Quito se realizó el lanzamiento de dos productos innovadores elaborados a base de las papas nativas Yana Shungo (Corazón Negro) y Puca Shungo (Corazón Rojo). Los actores principales fuero...
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University of Helsinki for news
March 08, 2011
Finnish project supports potato cultivation in Tanzania
The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has granted EUR 2.5 million for developing potato cultivation in Tanzania.
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1.200 semillas de papas nativas serán conservadas en el Ártico
February 16, 2011
1.200 semillas de papas nativas serán conservadas en el Ártico
Alrededor de 1.200 semillas de variedades de papas nativas del distrito cusqueño de Písac serán enviadas a la Bóveda Global de Semillas, ubicada en el archipiélago noruego de Svalbard, en el Ártico, con el fin de garantizar su preservación y material g...
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