Super spuds help beat hidden hunger in Uganda
9/2/2011 Around 32% of children under five in Africa have such low levels of vitamin A that they are at huge…
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Capturing Stakeholder Perspectives to Enhance Impact
9/22/2011 When 255 stakeholders spread across three continents were tasked with designing a research program (in two short months) with the…
Comer patatas rebaja la presión arterial, según estudio
8/31/2011 La mala fama de las patatas como alimentos que engordan debería ser revisada, así lo demuestra un estudio científico que…
Nigeria, others to benefit from sweet potato initiative
8/30/2011 Nigeria and 13 other African countries will benefit from the `Sweet Potato for Profit and Health Initiative,’ being developed by…
New potato varieties to improve livelihoods and incomes in Mozambique
8/26/2011 “The timely availability of seed of well-adapted varieties will enhance the sustainability and economics of potato production in Mozambique,” notes…
Presentan los aportes a base de tunta o chuño blanco en Puno
8/26/2011 El centro internacional de la papa (CIP) y la agencia suiza para el desarrollo y la cooperación (COSUDE) destacaron la…
Potato project aims to create spuds as you’ll like
07/31/2011 An international project based in Peru hopes that by decoding the potato’s entire genetic code, it will allow future breeders…
8/24/2011 CIP team — Henry Saul Juarez Soto, Franklin Plasencia and Stef de Haan — win thrid prize in International Conservation…
7/12/2011 Go to the article link ILRI news
Simple little spud helps scientists crack potato’s mighty genome
7/11/2011 Go to the article link Eureka Alert
Climate Change gives edge to pests
7/15/2011 Go to the article link Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Peruvian spuds have high-tech home
6/18/2011 Go to the article link Miami Herald Tribune