Potato cultivation and farm-based seed production technologies introduced to Uzbek farmers
7/10/2012 Potato is not only a staple, it is also an important cash crop which is expanding year after year in…
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IMPROVED POTATO VARIETIES ENSURE FOOD SECURITY IN PERUVIAN COMMUNITIES
7/2/2012 Two improved varieties of potatoes were able to increase the crop’s yield eight times higher than any of the 150…
Improved selection of seed potatoes gives thirty percent more spuds
6/18/2012 East African farmers, who are mostly small-scale, currently select their seed potatoes from the mass of harvested potatoes. That results…
La papa se festeja en una semana de actos
5/28/2012 La papa, uno de los alimentos más populares de la dieta de los ecuatorianos, es el centro de una semana…
Moving ahead with actions on transforming the global food system
6/28/2012 As Chair of the independent Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, I am pleased that our seven policy recommendations…
Sustainable agriculture and the role of local food production groups
6/26/2012 We talked to three people about their work with smallholder farmers and herders: Ruben Echeverria (Director General, International Center for…
Cáritas Huancavelica promueve el consumo de las papas nativas orgánicas
6/11/2012 Go to the article link JN Noticias
CGIAR issues Rio+20 call to action
6/14/2012 “Producing enough food without destroying the environment is the greatest challenge facing humanity in coming decades,” says Dr Frank Rijsberman,…
Celebran Dia Nacional de la Papa
5/30/2012 Consumirla previene enfermedades como el cáncer de colon. Además, tiene un alto valor antioxidante, afirman. Go to the article link…
El Centro Internacional de la Papa busca revalorar la papa nativa para el mundo
5/24/2012 A propósito del Día Nacional de la Papa y los aportes de este tubérculo andino a la nutrición, Miguel Ordínola,…
7 “bad” foods that are actually good for you
5/24/2012 A recent Harvard study that followed large populations and their disease rates linked potato eating with being overweight, blaming it…
Sharing a Treasure: From Peru to Ethiopia
5/3/2012 The aim of the Potato Park of Peru is joining forces for the conservation of native varieties of potato, traditional…