Sweetpotato helps communities bounce
back from humanitarian crises
Nearly 3 million farmers embrace CIP-bred
potatoes, raising revenues and resilience
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CIP is a CGIAR research center with a focus on potato, sweetpotato and Andean roots and tubers. It delivers innovative science-based solutions to enhance access to affordable nutritious food, foster inclusive sustainable business and employment growth, and drive the climate resilience of root and tuber agri-food systems. Headquartered in Lima, Peru, CIP has a research presence in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. www.cipotato.org
CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centers in close collaboration with hundreds of partners across the globe. www.cgiar.org
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Discovery to Impact
Science-based solutions for global challenges
International Potato Center | Annual Report 2019
© 2020, International Potato Center
ISSN 0256-6311
DOI: 10.4160/02566311/2018
Hecho el Depósito Legal en la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú N° 2005-9640
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Direction
James Stapleton
Managing editor
Christopher Butler
Writing
David Dudenhoefer (consultant)
Production coordinator
Cecilia Lafosse
Multimedia productions
Sara Fajardo
Hugh Rutherford
Isabel Corthier
Web development
Moises Rosario
Andrea Prado
Design and infographics
José Enrique Torres
Photo captions and credits
Sliders:
Sweetpotato vine distribution in Mozambique (CIP/I. Corthier).
Jan Kreuze in the lab. (Credit CIP/J. Torres).
Genetic markers facilitate breeding resilient potatoes with characteristics local people want. (Credit CIP/H. Rutherford).
Sub-menus:
Discovery:
Jan Kreuze in the lab. (Credit CIP/J. Torres)
Innovation:
Ms Tirhas Woldu and her daughters, of Tigray, Ethiopia, enjoy orange-fleshed sweetpotato. (Credit CIP/A.Frezer)
Impact:
A combination of sweetpotato planting material, agronomic training and nutrition education has helped millions of rural families improve their food and nutrition security. (Credit CIP/I. Corthier)
Next-generation breeding:
Research assistant Monica Santayana works on a project to crossbreed potato and its wild relatives (Crop Trust/M. Major).
Stopping sweetpotato pathogens:
Scientist Barack Wanjawa tests the LAMP assay for sweetpotato viruses in Kenya (KALRO/A. Mulwa).
Triple advantage:
By storing sweetpotatoes in dry sand and using them to produce planting material, farmers are able to plant and harvest the nutritious crop earlier (CIP/M. Cherinet).
Potatoes for prosperity:
Farmer Doris Kagendo Gikunda, of Meru county, with the high-yielding CIP potato variety Unica (CIP/V. Atakos).
Sweet resilience:
Thousands of farmers received sweetpotato planting material to replace crops destroyed by Cyclone Idai (CIP/I. Corthier).
Asian appetites:
Nutrition education in Bangladesh (CIP/S.Quinn)
CIP at a glance:
Credit CIP/H. Rutherford
CIP in CGIAR:
Credit CIP/I. Corthier
Board of Trustees:
Credit CIP/J.Torres
July 2020
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