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May 27, 2012
CIP Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Research in Global Health & Development
Lima, Peru -- The International Potato Center (CIP) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation. Jan Kreuze, Ph.D., principal virologist at CIP, will pursue an innova...
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May 20, 2012
Producción de papa en Perú genera 32 millones de jornales y más de 110 mil puestos de trabajo al año
Durante la última campaña agrícola 2010 – 2011, la superficie sembrada de papa alcanzó las 303,282 hectáreas que produjeron cuatro millones de toneladas en 19 regiones, generando aproximadamente 110 mil puestos de trabajo permanentes y 32 millones de j...
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May 18, 2012
El 92% de la papa producida en Perú se consume en el mercado nacional y el resto se exporta
El Ministerio de Agricultura (Minag) señaló hoy que casi el 92 por ciento de la papa peruana se consume en el mercado nacional, y el resto se exporta, dado que la demanda del tubérculo se ha fortalecido en los últimos años. “El mercado nacional es fue...
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Bill Gates funding for novel CIP plant virus removal idea
May 09, 2012
Bill Gates funding for novel CIP plant virus removal idea
The International Potato Center (CIP) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation.Jan Kreuze, Ph.D., principal virologist at CIP, will pursue an innovative global hea...
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Kiremko brings Dutch potato industry experience to Peru
May 01, 2012
Kiremko brings Dutch potato industry experience to Peru
Arjan Brouwer, Manager Latin America for the Dutch company Kiremko, one of the three most important manufacturers of industrial potato processing equipment in the world, visited Peru, attracted by the market possibilities for potato in the country. He ...
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Cambio climático obliga a productores de papa de los Andes a sembrar a más altura
April 23, 2012
Cambio climático obliga a productores de papa de los Andes a sembrar a más altura
El cambio climático está afectando negativamente a la agricultura de la papa en los Andes del Perú, de acuerdo a un estudio reciente del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP). El análisis de la información producida durante 10 años por el Sistema de ...
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Climate change moves Andes potato farmers 150 m up the mountains
April 23, 2012
Climate change moves Andes potato farmers 150 m up the mountains
Climate Change is adversely impacting potato farming in Peru’s Andes, according to recent findings at the International Potato Center (CIP). More than 10 years of Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping reveal that farmers have ascended the Andes...
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Tecnología holandesa daría valor agregado a la papa peruana
April 20, 2012
Tecnología holandesa daría valor agregado a la papa peruana
"Sabemos muy bien que la papa viene del Perú. El Perú debe -por obligación y tradición- desarrollar una industria procesadora de papa. Tanta producción de este tubérculo y su consumo es, para los holandeses, realmente impresionante, está todo dado...
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April 13, 2012
Improved potato varieties ensure Peruvian communities have enough to eat
Excessive rains and the increased presence of late blight disease devastated Peru’s Cusco region in 2010, prompting the government to declare a national emergency.
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April 01, 2012
Bioplástico de papa como nueva alternativa ecológica de Perú
Ingenieros creadores del bioplástico de almidón de papa, de la Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú, comenzaron en febrero de 2011 la caracterización del almidón más óptimo para lograr un bioplástico rentable y duradero que permita su futura industr...
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March 28, 2012
Curso teorico-practico sobre "Evaluacion de la tolerancia a factores abioticos" (Cuzco, Peru - 7-10 de mayo de 2012)
El Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) junto con otras instituciones esta organizando un curso teorico-practico sobre Evaluación de la tolerancia a factores abióticos que se dictara en Cuzco (Perú) desde el 7 al 10 de Mayo, y al Simposium sobre el m...
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Se inician preparativos para IV Congreso Nacional de Papa en Andahuaylas
March 22, 2012
Se inician preparativos para IV Congreso Nacional de Papa en Andahuaylas
Andahuaylas será sede de la actividad agrícola más importante del año, el IV Congreso Nacional de la Papa, que se llevará a cabo entre el 8 y 11 de agosto del presente año.
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March 01, 2012
Perú: Sierra Exportadora presentará oferta andina para abastecer mercado de Brasil;incluye papa
Los estados de Amazonas, Rondonia y Acre (Brasil), requieren papa, quinua, kiwicha, anís, linaza, hortalizas como cebolla roja, ajo, zanahoria, betarraga y ajonjolí. Por lo que Sierra Exportadora, con el apoyo de la oficina del agregado económico perua...
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February 24, 2012
Ministerio de Agricultura peruano apoya aplicación de sanciones por comercializar productos en sacos con más de 50 kilos
El Ministerio de Agricultura (Minag) afirmó hoy que apoya la aplicación de sanciones a productores, comerciantes y transportistas que acopien productos en sacos con un peso superior a los 50 kilos, conforme a lo dispuesto por la Ley Nº 29088 y su regla...
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February 19, 2012
Consiguen adaptar diez variedades de papa a calor extremo en Parú
La papa es un tubérculo serrano que se cultiva de manera óptima entre los 3 mil y 3 mil 800 metros sobre el nivel del mar, a temperaturas entre 15 y 25 grados centígrados. Sin embargo, estudios realizados por el Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agra...
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Native potatoes get a clean start from repatriated in-vitro seedlings
February 19, 2012
Native potatoes get a clean start from repatriated in-vitro seedlings
Traditional potato farming practices in the Andes that once provided in situ conservation of the vast diversity of native varieties have been waning over the past decades. Roads now bring in truckloads of rice, pasta and other sources of convenient car...
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February 02, 2012
Perú: Autoridades de Curimaray piden ayuda ante granizadas en cultivos de papas nativas
Oscar Soto, teniente alcalde del centro poblado Curimaray en la región Huancavelica, solicitó urgente ayuda porque días atrás cayó una fuerte granizada en la zona que destruyó 100 hectáreas de papa nativa.
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February 02, 2012
Perú: Huancavelica tendrá planta procesadora de flakes de papa
Por primera vez en su historia, Huancavelica contará con una novedosa planta procesadora de flakes de papa en el distrito de Acostambo, que ayudará a mejorar los ingresos de los cientos de productores, puesto que la región produce más de mil variedades...
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