Climate change may supersize sweet potatoes
11/22/2012 Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may have a silver lining: doubling the size of the sweet…
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Poor farm families in the humid tropics to boost their income from improved agricultural production systems
CIP will be participating in a major new research-for-development program launched today to tackle development challenges in the humid tropics.
El CIP con sus proyectos INCOPA y Papa Andina ganó el “Concurso de Casos Exitosos de Innovaciones para la Agricultura 2012”
El anuncio se llevó a cabo durante la Segunda Conferencia Mundial sobre Investigación Agrícola para el Desarrollo (GCARD2), realizada en Punta Del Este, Uruguay, a finales de octubre
Aeroponics: Soil-less technology increases seed production fivefold
An interview with CIP’s Carlos Chuquillanqui on aeroponic seed production and its advantages.
Effectively Reducing Vitamin A Deficiency in Children and Women in Mozambique with Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato
The British Journal of Nutrition released a study today citing the effectiveness of a project, spearheaded by Harvest Plus and CIP, using orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) to effectively combat Vitamin A deficiency among malnourished women and children in Mozambique. Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is very high in this Sub-Sahara African nation — annually 250,000 to 500,000 preschool children go blind from VAD and subsequently about two-thirds of them then die.
Sharing knowledge – Transferring research results from scientific journals onto the fields for multi-stakeholder fulfillment
This video — “How do we make agricultural research available, accessible, and applicable?” — highlights the importance of a two-way communication approach to continuously share knowledge with key stakeholders in an Adaption to Climate Change project.
Women and Agriculture: A Conversation on Improving Global Food Security
“Well, one way that we know would yield significant results is investing more in women. “This comes down to a simple matter of numbers. Women make up the majority of the agricultural workforce in many developing countries. They’re involved in every aspect of agricultural production, from planting seeds to weeding fields to harvesting crops. Yet women farmers are 30 percent less productive than male farmers, for one reason: they have access to fewer resources.”
“Challenges to sustainable potato production in a changing climate: A research perspective”
This powerpoint presentation provides compelling data that reflects the need to incorporate “climate-smart agriculture.”
Video of CIP’s Breeding Program’s Crossing Techniques
“While practiced in many ways by many programs, potato crossing techniques have not been sufficiently described or documented. To address this, CIP researchers are sharing the specialized experience that they have accumulated over a long time.”