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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International Potato Center Global Presence

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El CIP y HZPC apoyan a agricultores en preservar la variación genética de sus papas
August 07, 2014

El CIP y HZPC apoyan a agricultores en preservar la variación genética de sus papas

Las papas de colores (perupas) son la respuesta de HZPC a las demandas de grandes chefs y cocineros domésticos por una variedad en la presentación y el gusto de los tubérculos.
Netherlands
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Nyandarua county in Kenya
July 16, 2014

CIP and GIZ jointly invest in potato project in Nyandarua County, Kenya

Nyandarua county in Kenya will benefit from an investment in a potato project that will involve large-scale production, processing and marketing.
Kenya
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Herramientas para el manejo y análisis de datos de mejoramiento genético (papa)
July 10, 2014

Herramientas para el manejo y análisis de datos de mejoramiento genético (papa)

Con ese título, la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP), el programa de Raíces, Tubérculos y Banano del Consorcio del CGIAR, el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) y la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, están organizando un taller en la ciudad de Bogotá (Colombia)
Colombia
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The [C88] potato has become so popular that in some regions, ‘Cooperation 88’ has actually become synonymous with, or even replaced, the Chinese word for potato
June 30, 2014

'Open Source' seed released to nurture patent-free food

An ‘open-source’ seed initiative has released 36 varieties of 14 food crops, which the project’s leaders say could help poor farmers get access to better quality seeds.
Peru
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