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Four of the largest food companies in the United States have launched the Sustainable Food Policy Alliance, a new organization focused on driving progress in public policies that shape what people eat and how it impacts their health, communities, and the
July 12, 2018
Sustainable Food Policy Alliance to drive progress in US Policies on Food and Farming
Four of the largest food companies in the United States have launched the Sustainable Food Policy Alliance, a new organization focused on driving progress in public policies that shape what people eat and how it impacts their health, communities, and the planet.
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United States
Fairfields Farm crisps' owner Robert Strathern in his potato field. The crop is stressed as a result of a prolonged period of hot weather with no rain (Courtesy: Robert Strathern)
July 11, 2018
Drought might impact European potato production more than slightly increased acreage
Total potato production in North-western Europe will be mostly determined by yield, as extreme drought plagues the crop, growing on a one percent larger acreage
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Belgium
Participants of the combined World Potato Congress and the 28th Congress of ALAP are enjoying a break between the presentations. More than 800 people from 50 countries gathered in Cusco, Peru.
June 10, 2018
World Potato Congress highlights scientific advances
Tubers were the talk of the town in Cusco, Peru during the week of May 27, when the 10th World Potato Congress (WPC) and the 28th Congress of the Latin American Potato Association (ALAP) were held together for the first time.
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Peru
Las mujeres son las más afectadas por el cambio climático
April 24, 2018
Las mujeres son las más afectadas por el cambio climático
En las zonas rurales de Bolivia, hacer una vida sostenible es cada vez más difícil para los pequeños agricultores. Y son las mujeres las que están enfrentando los efectos del fenómeno (Reportaje de la Deutsche Welle)..
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Bolivia
Buenas expectativas para el sector de la papa en Argentina
March 21, 2018
McDonald's commits to targets for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction
QSR chain McDonald’s has announced it will partner with franchisees and suppliers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to McDonald’s restaurants and offices by 36% by 2030 from a 2015 base year in a new strategy to address global climate change.
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United States
Potatoes in Kenya are mainly grown in high-altitude regions between 1,500 and 3,000 metres above sea level
January 14, 2018
Struggling Potato Growers in Kenya turn to Contract Farming
To deal with climate pressures, potato growers in Kenya are turning to contract farming to earn more money and get better seed.
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Kenya
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Breakdown of the carbon footprint of potatoes - grown in Europe in 2016, for processing (Courtesy: Lamb Weston Meijer)
November 21, 2017
Research: How can we increase fertilizer efficiency?
The government of Canada last week announced a $1.8 million investment in a research project at the University of British Columbia that includes the development of beneficial management practices for increasing the efficiency of fertilizer use in potatoes.
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Canada
Kufri Lima, a new early potato variety with superior heat tolerance, is introduced in India by CPRI and CIP. In this picture, farmers harvest Kufri Lima during multi-location trials of the new CIP clone.(Courtesy: Central Potato Research Institute)
October 16, 2017
New potato variety in India, Kufri Lima, to take on the heat...
Farmers in India can expect higher yields and profits with the release of a new potato variety, Kufri Lima, developed by the International Potato Center (CIP) and the Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)
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India
En España investigan variedades de papa que mejor se adapten al cambio climático
July 11, 2017
En España investigan variedades de papa que mejor se adapten al cambio climático
El Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, NEIKER-Tecnalia ha cerrado un proyecto de investigación sobre variedades de papa que mejor se adaptan a las condiciones previstas de cambio climático.
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Spain
The workflow of the stem cutting tuberisation assay (left). Effect of heat stress on tuberisation potential (right): Tolerant potato varieties form a tuber both at the high and the low temperature, sensitive varieties only at the lower temperature.
June 22, 2017
Making a potato variety heat tolerant could be as simple as switching a single gene
Scientists have identified a version of a single gene involved in the heat stress response that is more active in potato types that can tolerate high temperature, potentially providing potato breeders a tool to make potato varieties less vulnerable to increased temperature.
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United Kingdom
Recent flooding of the global seed vault in Svalbard caused a stir, since it was supposed to last forever. Luckily all seeds are OK, but already adaptations to the vault may be needed to deal with climate change.
May 19, 2017
Doomsday? Svalbard Seed Vault flooded, threatened by Climate Change
Recent flooding of the global seed vault in Svalbard caused a stir, since it was designed to last forever. Luckily all seeds (including several thousand potato seeds) are OK, but already adaptations to the vault may be needed to deal with climate change.
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Norway
Set in 2016 as part its broader 2025 Agenda, the new climate goal takes into account PepsiCo's direct operations, owned-fleet fuel use and purchased electricity, which account for approximately 7% of the company's total carbon footprint.The goal now als
May 14, 2017
Pepsico confirms its new emission targets keep global warming below two degrees Celcius
PepsiCo has today confirmed that its ambitious new target for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction has been verified and approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative as being in line with what climate science says is necessary to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius.
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United States
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Colombia: Con mejoramiento genético se obtendrían papas tolerantes a sequías
May 11, 2017
Colombia: Con mejoramiento genético se obtendrían papas tolerantes a sequías
Mediante el estudio del genoma de papas nativas de Nariño, una investigación en la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (U.N.) indaga secuencias de tolerancia a estrés por déficit de agua que permitan obtener papas comerciales con esta característica.
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Thanks to resistant potato varieties, Late Blight is no longer a serious threat to the highland farmers in Lushoto, Tanzania (Courtesy: D. Harahagazwe CIP)
March 17, 2017
Farmers in Tanzania benefit from more resilient potato varieties
Situated in the Northeast of Tanzania, the district of Lushoto is part of the so called highlands of Tanzania where potatoes are traditionally grown. Due to heat and lack of resilient potato varieties, farmers would often lose all the crop.
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A first experiment under simulated Martian conditions suggests a potato CAN grow on Mars.The experiment was carried out in a sealed container - temperature and light following the Martian day and night conditions and Mars air pressure, oxygen and carbon
March 09, 2017
Potatoes may be able to grow on Mars, a first simulation under Martian conditions suggests
The International Potato Center (CIP) launched a series of experiments to discover if potatoes can grow under Mars atmospheric conditions and thereby prove they are also able to grow in extreme climates on Earth. The first results are positive!
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Peru
Scientists at Cornell University have developed an electric capacitance measurement that is able to predict the root mass of willow shrubs and trees (left). However, they hint it may helpful for tubers (right) and root crops as well.
November 10, 2016
Method developed to predict root mass of willow shrubs may be helpful for potato crop as well
Scientists at Cornell University have developed an electric capacitance measurement that is able to predict the root mass of shrubs and trees. What's more, they hint it may helpful for tubers and root crops as well
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United States
Opening Ceremony of the 2016 ALAP congress in Panama.
August 28, 2016
Latin America loses up to 20% of its potato to the drought
Several experts on potato crops stated in Panama that global warming destroyed between 10% and 20% of Latin America's annual potato production and that it had become the main threat faced by this crop, even more than late blight, an aggressive fungus that affects this crop.
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Cambio climático destruye 20% del cultivo anual de papa en Latinoamérica
August 22, 2016
Cambio climático destruye 20% del cultivo anual de papa en Latinoamérica
El calentamiento global destruye entre el 10 % y el 20 % de la producción anual de papa en América Latina y se ha convertido en la principal amenaza que enfrenta este cultivo, por encima incluso de un agresivo hongo conocido como tizón tardío, coincidieron hoy varios expertos en Panamá.
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Canada

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