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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Peru to send 1500 native potato varieties to arctic seed vault
February 16, 2011
Peru to send 1500 native potato varieties to arctic seed vault
As climate change and disease threaten potato farming in the tuber’s ancestral home in the Peruvian Andes, potato preservationists today launched a major effort to safeguard more than 1,500 varieties by sending them to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) in the Arctic Circle.
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Peru
Potato farmers in Kenya oppose the import of seed potatoes
January 26, 2011
Investigadores muestran a los agricultores de Kenia los beneficios de la papa sobre el maíz
El maíz es la comida favorita en Kenia. A sus habitantes les encanta. Sin embargo, los investigadores están buscando la forma de cambiar ese hábito. Por eso el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) y el Instituto de Investigación Agrícola de Kenia (KAR...
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Kenya
Potato farmers in Kenya oppose the import of seed potatoes
January 26, 2011
Researchers CIP and KARI Seek to Show Kenyan Farmers Benefits of Potatoes Over Maize
Victor Otazu, a aeroponic specialist with the International Potato Center, tends to some aeroponic potato plants in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenyans love to eat maize. It's the country's favorite food. But researchers at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institu...
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Kenya
Biofortificación con hierro aumenta popularidad de la papa en comunidades pobres
January 17, 2011
Biofortificación con hierro aumenta popularidad de la papa en comunidades pobres
La deficiencia de hierro es el trastorno nutricional más común del mundo: afecta al 50 por ciento de las mujeres embarazadas y al 40 por ciento de los niños en edad preescolar en los países en desarrollo, según la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Debi...
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Peru

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

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