UK Invests in Six Super Crops to Help Beat Global Hunger
06/10/2013 The UK government granted £30 million to HarvestPlus to develop and deliver six nutritious crops to several million farming…
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CIP’s Seed Link to the Value Chain in Kenya
The difference between having a good potato harvest and a bad one often hinges on the type of seed used. CIP works with farmers in Sub Saharan Africa to put disease free seeds into the value chain and improve food security at the same time.
Increasing Water Efficiency for Potato Production
CIP has undertaken a series of studies analyzing and testing irrigation techniques in order to develop a system for producing sufficient potato crop yields in arid climates with poor water supplies.
La iniciativa que busca conservar la diversidad de nuestras papas nativas
05/27/2013 Monitorear la variedad de estos tubérculos in situ es el objetivo del Chirapaq Ñan, programa que teje una red…
Sweet potato proves another key crop in sub-Saharan Africa
05/24/2013 The sweet potato is the third most important food crop in seven sub-Saharan Africa countries due to negative effects…
“La Papa es Nutrición”, mensaje principal del Día Nacional de la Papa en Perú
(23 de mayo del 2013) La Comisión Multisectorial de Celebración del Día Nacional de la Papa 2013, en la cual participa el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) a través del proyecto IssAndes, dio a conocer las actividades que se realizarán este año en la novena edición del Día Nacional de la Papa que tiene como mensaje principal “La Papa es Nutrición”.
DFID Research: Keeping people, economies and potatoes healthy
05/17/2013 The American Museum of Natural History is currently holding an exhibition entitled Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture. The…
Less hunger, better health and more wealth: the benefits of knowledge-sharing in Malawi’s orange-fleshed sweetpotato project
Partnerships and knowledge sharing are key to the success of the ‘Rooting Out Hunger in Malawi’ project.
Changing lives in Malawi with orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes
Fanny Mafuli, a farmer in southern Malawi, went to Dublin last month to explain how orange-fleshed sweetpotato vines changed her life