Feeding the future
China and the International Potato Center launch new Center to boost potato and sweetpotato capacity across China, Asia, and the Pacific
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Beating the heat of global warming
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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Enhanced food and income security in Southwest and Central Asia (SWCA) through potato varieties with improved tolerance to abiotic stress.
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La Ruta Cóndor: Conserving Potato Biodiversity in the High Andes
In the Andes, the condor is an ancient deity, and its flight is apt inspiration for the International Potato Center (CIP)’s Ruta Cóndor project to restore and conserve the genetic diversity of native potatoes within their natural centers of origin. “It’s like looking through the eyes of the Condor, watching over the farmers in their fields, managing the richness of their resources, and rescuing their culture and ancient wisdom,” says René Gomez, agronomist and CIP’s genebank curator for native potatoes.
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