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Potato wild relatives: Too much of a good thing?

Potato wild relatives: Too much of a good thing?What do you call it when you suddenly notice things you didn’t notice that much before, and wrongly assume that their frequency has increased? Is it apophenia? Observational selection bias?…

July 2, 2015

Breeding sweet potatoes to get maximum benefits

06/08/2015 Breeders have a daunting task; they do not have to produce varieties that only satisfy our taste buds, but they…

June 8, 2015

In ‘The Seeds Of Time,’ One Man’s Quest To Save Our Food Supply

05/21/2015 http://wypr.org/post/seeds-time-one-mans-quest-save-our-food-supply Go to the article link National Public Radio

June 3, 2015

Crop Gene Banks Are Preserving the Future of Agriculture, but Who’s Preserving Them?

06/02/2015 The conflict in Syria is just one example of the treats posed to genebanks around the world. In this article…

June 3, 2015

En la Variedad Está el Gusto

05/28/2015 Agricultores de Pisac (Cusco) viajaron a Huancayo para intercambiar experiencias (Artículo en PDF). Go to the article link Caretas

May 28, 2015

Agro TV – Centro de la papa utiliza drone para detectar plagas

05/25/2015 AgroTV presenta un informe del Centro Internacional de la Papa utilizan drones a fin de detectar a las plagas que…

May 25, 2015

New technology for collecting agric data

05/20/2015 Several researchers have concluded a 10-day training, held in Nairobi, Kenya, on Census and Survey Processing System (CSPro), a software…

May 20, 2015

Governor, farm leaders say trade mission will benefit producers

05/20/2015 Members of an Idaho governor’s trade mission to Mexico and Peru said they’re hopeful more Idaho farm commodities will be…

May 20, 2015

Vice Minister Zhang Taolin meets CIP Director General

04/10/2015 Vice Minister Zhang Taolin met with Barbara Wells, the visiting Director General of the International Potato Center (CIP) and her…

April 10, 2015

The Health Benefits of Sweet vs. Regular Potatoes

04/08/2015 Both regular potatoes and sweet potatoes deserve a place in your diet. You can eat both as part of a…

April 9, 2015

Potato/sweet potato to improve Pacific food security

04/01/2015 Suva, Fji – Almost 70 new varieties of potato and sweetpotato will soon be available to Pacific Island countries and…

April 1, 2015

Complementary potato conservation in the Parque de la Papa

04/01/2015 I was in South America for the past couple of weeks, which is why blogging has been, well, slow. One…

April 1, 2015

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