LATIN AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN
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Ecuador
Peru
AFRICA
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Malawi
Mozambique
Nigeria
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
ASIA
Bangladesh
China
Georgia
India
Philippines
Vietnam
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scientific publications
Two of the research papers co-authored by CIP scientists received Altmetric scores above 400 in 2018. That means that they were cited and shared hundreds of times on the web. Altmetric are metrics and qualitative data that are complementary to traditional, citation-based metrics. They can include peer reviews, citations on Wikipedia and in public policy documents, discussions on research blogs, mainstream media coverage, bookmarks on reference managers like Mendeley, and mentions on social networks such as Twitter. All publications in CGSpace, the CGIAR repository, have Altmetric scores, which are visually displayed with a ‘donut’ to reflect where they captured attention.
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The origins and adaptation of European potatoes reconstructed from historical
genomes
Nature Ecology & Evolution
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102100
Crop variety management for climate adaptation supported by citizen science
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99504
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The new potato
Science
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99352
A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales
Nature Plants
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106083
Understanding the consequences of changes in the production frontiers for roots, tubers
and bananas
Global Food Security
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100098
CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food secure future. With 15 centers around theworld, CGIAR is dedicated to reducing rural poverty, increasing food security, improving human health and nutrition and ensuring more sustainable management of natural resources. Tackling these challenges, which are at the heart of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, requires research to identify state-of-the-art solutions and effective partnerships to deliver them.
The CGIAR Research Portfolio is structured around two interlinked clusters of challenge-led research programs: agri-food systems and global integrating programs. CIP leads the agri-food system CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas and participates in several global integrating programs. CIP also works closely with the CGIAR research support platforms.
CGIAR Research Programs
Led by CIP
Roots, Tubers
and Bananas
• Genetic resources
• Productive varieties and quality seed
• Resilient crops
• Nutritious food and added value
• Improved livelihoods at scale
Led by IFPRI
Policies, Institutions
and Markets
• Technological innovation
and sustainable intensification
• Inclusive and efficient
value chains
• Social protection for agriculture
• Gender research
Led by CIAT
Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
• Priorities and policies
• Climate-smart technologies and practices
Led by IFPRI
Agriculture for Nutrition and Health
• Food systems for healthier diets
• Biofortification
CGIAR Platforms
Led by CIAT
Big Data
• Data generation, access and management
• Big data and agricultural development
• Big data analytics
Led by the Global Crop Diversity Trust
Genebank Platform
• Conservation, use and policy
• Quality management, Information systems
• Germplasm health
Led by CIMMYT
Excellence in Breeding
• Product design and management
• Genotyping and phenotyping tools and services
• Bioinformatics, biometrics and data management
Led by ILRI
Gender Platform
• Research informs food system development
• Methodologies to achieve gender equality
• Alliances to strengthen outcomes
CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture
CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute
ILRI International Livestock Research Institute
Potato
Sweetpotato
A potato contains about half
the daily adult requirement
of vitamin C and significant
amounts of vitamin B, iron,
potassium and zinc.
Just 125 g of fresh orange- fleshed
sweetpotato root contains enough
beta carotene to provide the daily
vitamin A needs of a preschool-aged
child. The crop is also a valuable
source of vitamins B, C, and E.
China is the world’s largest
producer, harvesting more
than 73 million tons of
potato a year.
Sweetpotato is also a healthy,
cheap animal feed. Studies suggest
that livestock fed on sweetpotato
vines produce less methane,
meaning its use could potentially
mitigate global warming.
More than a billion
people worldwide
eat potato as a
staple food.
More than 105 million tons are
produced globally each year, with
95% in developing countries.
Potato can grow in
almost any climate, from
sea level to about 4,000
meters above sea level.
Worldwide, sweetpotato is the
sixth most important food crop
after rice, wheat, potato, maize
and cassava, but it ranks fifth in
developing countries.
There are 5,000 different
varieties of potato in CIP’s
genebank, half of them
can only be found in Peru
Sweetpotato is a storage root,
not a tuber like the potato.
Potato is the third most
important food crop
after rice and wheat and
produces more calories
per hectare than either
of those grains.
Sweetpotato can grow at
altitudes from sea level to
2,500 meters above sea level,
and comes in varieties
ranging in color from white
to yellow, orange or purple.
Potato produces more
food per unit of water
than any other major crop.
