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Understanding the threat of late blight under climate change, from Ecuador to Nepal
January 27, 2014
Understanding the threat of late blight under climate change, from Ecuador to Nepal
Shankar Kaji Shakya, a graduate student and research fellow from the University of Florida (UF), recently visited the office of the International Potato Center (CIP) in Quito, Ecuador to discuss the characteristics of late blight in the Andes with CIP scientists.
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Encuesta para priorizar cultivos en estrategias de adaptación al cambio climático
January 22, 2014
Encuesta para priorizar cultivos en estrategias de adaptación al cambio climático
Bioversity International está llevando a cabo una encuesta para evaluar las perspectivas en todo el mundo sobre los cultivos tolerantes al crecimiento bajo condiciones de estrés .
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Cómo Colombia minimiza los efectos del cambio climático sobre la producción de papa
January 19, 2014
Cómo Colombia minimiza los efectos del cambio climático sobre la producción de papa
Serie de artículos con información sobre cómo los países andinos productores de papa vienen enfrentando el fenómeno. Para este capítulo de Colombia se han reunido las experiencias del Convenio MADR-CIAT, la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y el Proyecto SAN Nariño.
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Potato may help feed Ethiopia in era of climate change
May 21, 2013
Potato may help feed Ethiopia in era of climate change
Semagn-Asredie Kolech, a Cornell doctoral candidate in the field of horticulture, studies the potato and bridges the tradition of Ethiopian farming with the modernity of agricultural science.
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US area facing drought falls below 50 percent for first time in 10 months
April 24, 2013
US area facing drought falls below 50 percent for first time in 10 months
Earlier in April, the area in the United States in moderate drought or worse fell below 50 percent for the first time since June 19, 2012, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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March 26, 2013
Spring Conditions on the Northern Plains in Sharp Contrast to One Year Ago
Colder than average temperatures and decent snowfall totals during March have producers in the eastern part of North Dakota concerned with the potential of spring flooding, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, North Dakota F...
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February 15, 2013
Proyecto regional desarrolla variedades de papa tolerantes al cambio climático
Un consorcio de ocho instituciones de Latinoamérica y España trabaja desde el 2010 para desarrollar variedades de papa adaptables a condiciones ambientales desfavorables y preparar metodologías y herramientas que aceleren el proceso.
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Aprendiendo de los expertos en agricultura adaptada a la variabilidad climática: lecciones de los agricultores del altiplano
February 06, 2013
Aprendiendo de los expertos en agricultura adaptada a la variabilidad climática: lecciones de los agricultores del altiplano
La comunidad científica internacional está de acuerdo en que una de las mayores manifestaciones del cambio climático es la creciente variabilidad interanual y estacional de la temperatura, precipitación y radiación solar, lo que se traduce en una mayor...
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Analizan metodologías para restar efectos del cambio climático en la papa
February 04, 2013
Analizan metodologías para restar efectos del cambio climático en la papa
El Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (Inia) inauguró esta mañana una importante reunión de científicos internacionales, que vienen desarrollando metodologías y herramientas moleculares eficientes, para contrarrestar los efectos que está producie...
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Investigadores sostienen que los plátanos podrían reemplazar al cultivo de la papa debido al calentamiento global
November 03, 2012
Investigadores sostienen que los plátanos podrían reemplazar al cultivo de la papa debido al calentamiento global
El cambio climático puede variar la temperatura, cambiar los paisajes y, al parecer, también la dieta de las personas. Un grupo de expertos del Comité de Seguridad Alimentaria Mundial investigo el impacto del cambio climático de los 22 commodities m...
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Bananas could replace potatoes in warming world
October 31, 2012
Bananas could replace potatoes in warming world
Climate change could lead to crops from the banana family becoming a critical food source for millions of people, a new report says.
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October 16, 2012
Canadian farmer harvests potatoes near Arctic Circle
In the far North of Canada, one man in Norman Wells is transforming his town into the potato capital of the North West Territories, harvesting 30,000 pounds of the vegetable this year from his farm about 130 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle. For ...
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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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Potato material from the International Potato Center (CIP) is helping farmers to enhance food and income security in Central and Southwest Asia in the face of climate change.
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