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December 27, 2008

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International Potato Center

Fact sheets / flyer / leaflet-2008 (PDF, 434 kb)

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International Potato Center (CIP)
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.

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