High-Nutrition and Disease-Resistant Purple and Yellow-Fleshed Potato Clones Obtained
04/24/2013 The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Neiker-Tecnalia, has created four new potato clones which are characterised by…
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Setting out on the rainbow route of ancestral potato varieties
The ‘Chirapaq Ñan’ initiative seeks to develop a network of hotspot locations with a high diversity of native potato varieties for in-situ monitoring.
Potato Faces Up to Climate Change Challenges
“The potato will not only survive climate change, it will help us to survive it as well,” claims CIP’s scientist Alberto Salas.
Oca Diversity and its Conservation Status
Dr. Eve Emshwiller, a noted ethnobotanist and oca specialist, visited the International Potato Center (CIP) recently where she gave a presentation on oca (Oxalis tuberosa) as an example for new methods to assess the conservation status of in-situ crop genetic diversity.
Invitan a Chile a alianza para monitoreo de la diversidad genética de las papas nativas
03/15/2013 Líder de Recursos Genéticos del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), Stef De Haan, se encuentra recorriendo la isla…
Could the Potato Famine Strike Again?
03/15/2013 “Late blight threatens potato crops world wide because it is both spectacularly devastating and rapid,” said William Fry, plant…
Setting the Pathway Forward for CIP
Last week, around 40 CIP staff gathered at the Lima headquarters from throughout the regions for an intensive five-day strategic development meeting.
Studying a New Threat to the Potato Farmers of East Africa
A young researcher is studying a new lineage of Phytophthora infestans called KE-1 that is spreading rapidly across East Africa
CGIAR Research Programs
CGIAR Research Programs CGIAR’s Research Programs are defined as major research efforts, which reach across CGIAR centers and their partners…