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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.
 

(Click to enlarge) International Potato Center Global Presence

International Potato Center Global Presence

Noticias de esta Compañia

Smartphone app Nuru helps farmers control potato and sweet potato diseases
Abril 14, 2022

Smartphone app Nuru helps farmers control potato and sweetpotato diseases

Free smartphone app Nuru helps African potato farmers to detect late blight (Phytophthora) and early blight (Alternaria) since 2021
 Dr. Oscar Ortiz named Director General ad interim of the International Potato Center
Marzo 29, 2022

Dr. Oscar Ortiz named Director General ad interim of the International Potato Center

Following the untimely passing of Dr. Barbara Wells on 16 February last, the Board of Trustees of the International Potato Center (CIP) has appointed Dr. Oscar Ortiz as Director-General ad interim.
Potatoes in rice paddies?
Enero 25, 2022

Growing potatoes in rice paddies is a sustainable intensification in Southern China

With approximately 19% of the global population and just 9% of the world’s arable land, China has long sought to improve food production and, in recent decades, potatoes have played an increasingly important role in that quest.
Enero 21, 2022

La temperatura del dosel proporciona información novedosa sobre el rendimiento de la papa y el uso eficiente del agua

Una nueva variedad de papa o camote representa solo la "punta del iceberg", que oculta cientos, si no miles, de horas invertidas en probar y desarrollar esa variedad.