CIP’s San Ramón Station celebrates birthday with open door field day
San Ramon, Peru. As part of its 23rd anniversary celebrations, the International Potato Center’s Experimental Station in San Ramón is opening its doors today, with a field day showcasing its research projects.
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Native potato takes center stage at photo exhibit in Lima
"Fertile Legacy", a photo exhibition celebrating the power and beauty of native Andean potatoes opened on August 10th in Lima, Peru. The exhibition features a sample of the exquisite variety of potatoes available in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, and presents a graphic story of the tuber’s journey from field to table.
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Ahipa - A nutrient rich crop for a hungry world
The International Potato Center (CIP) has launched a project to enhance the nutrient-rich yam bean in an effort to improve health, food security and the sustainability of farming systems in Central and West Africa. Ahipa is the name the Inca gave to the highly nutritious legume root produced by the American yam bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) The Ahipa Project is a four-year CIP initiative, funded by Belgian Development Cooperation, designed to capture the full food potential of the crop.
Ahipa fixes nitrogen in the soil and can therefore be grown without nitrogen fertilizer. This makes it highly suited to the needs of small farmers as an integral part of a sustainable land-use system. “Sometimes there is a random factor to why a crop is a major crop”, says Wolfgang Grüneberg, CIP breeder and lead scientist for the project. “Logically, this crop should be much more important than it is.”
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