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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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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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CIP publishes advanced clones and potato varieties in online catalogue
January 05, 2011
CIP publishes advanced clones and potato varieties in online catalogue
The International Potato Center has published a Catalogue of Advanced Clones, which provides up to the minute information on the potato advanced clones and varieties available for worldwide distribution.
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CIP for news
January 05, 2011
CIP publica catálogo virtual de clones avanzados y variedades de papa
Con el fin de proporcionar información actualizada sobre los clones avanzados y variedades de papa del Centro Internacional de la Papa disponibles para su distribución en todo el mundo, el CIP ha publicado un Catálogo de Clones Avanzados, disponible en...
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Potato farmers in Kenya oppose the import of seed potatoes
December 29, 2010
Aeroponics set to improve potato yields in Kenya
The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Kari) has introduced a new farming technology for breeding multiple disease free potato tubers in a bid to achieve a widespread take-off in productivity for the country’s potato farmers.
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