International Potato Center (CIP)

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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.

The Center works to achieve this through scientific research and related activities on potato, sweet potato, other root and tuber crops, and on the improved management of natural resources in the Andes and other mountain areas.
 

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New study on measuring efficiency in potato landraces: How far are we from the optimum?
August 28, 2020

New study on photosynthesis efficiency in native potatoes

A new publication by scientists from the International Potato Center (CIP) highlights the usefulness of combining crop growth model, remote sensing, and plant ecophysiological tools to assess genetic efficiencies in potato landraces.
Peru
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Low-tech tool helps fight potato late blight
June 29, 2020

Low-tech tool helps fight potato late blight

The International Potato Center (CIP), in partnership with research and development institutions in Ecuador and Peru, has developed a low-tech tool to help farmers optimize fungicide's use.
Peru
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Under COVID, food systems in Latin America are looking inward for support
June 19, 2020

Under COVID, food systems in Latin America are looking inward for support

Scientists at the International Potato Center (CIP) are shifting their focus to the long-term effects of COVID-19 to anticipate and understand how food systems may be impacted in the coming years.
Peru
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Protecting Indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world's biodiversity
March 27, 2020

Protecting Indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world's biodiversity

Species are being lost at about a thousand times the natural rate of extinction. This is faster than at any other period in human history. Ecosystems—the vital systems on which all life depends—are being degraded across the globe.
Peru
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