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Papas de la variedad Kawsay se vendieron en supermercados por primera vez este año. (Cortesía: CIP, Centro Internacional de la Papa)
May 02, 2019
Kawsay, una papa para mejorar la seguridad alimentaria y los ingresos de los agricultores peruanos
Papas de la nueva variedad Kawsay se vendieron en supermercados por primera vez este año. Kawsay tiene el potencial de mejorar los ingresos y la seguridad alimentaria de las comunidades, además es de alto rendimiento y gran resistencia al tizón tardío.
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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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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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The 2017 production in Peru will consist of 30% native potatoes, 40% yellow-flesh potatoes and 30% white-flesh potatoes.
February 18, 2017
APPAPA Peru: 2017 Potato Production in Peru comparable to last year
Peru's National Association of Potato Growers and Derivatives (APPAPA Peru) estimates the 2017 potato production in Peru will be 40,000 tonnes, a volume comparable to the production last year..
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¿Por qué la NASA quiere llevar papas peruanas a Marte?
January 04, 2016
¿Por qué la NASA quiere llevar papas peruanas a Marte?
La agencia espacial estadounidense, NASA, junto con el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), con sede en Perú, están haciendo experimentos para probar qué tal se darían los tubérculos peruanos en suelo marciano.
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Universidad peruana desarrolla estudios para obtener papas resistentes a la sequía
September 19, 2012
Universidad peruana desarrolla estudios para obtener papas resistentes a la sequía
La presidenta del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica (Concytec), Dra. Gisella Orjeda Fernández, presentó el trabajo titulado Secuenciamiento del Genoma de la Papa y Análisis del Transcriptoma de Papas Nativas bajo Estrés H...
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