Researchers Work to Save Peru’s Food Diversity
11/14/2011 Quick – what’s the first crop that comes to mind when you think about food from Peru? If you’re…
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Seed potato Roadmap setting the course for improved incomes and food security in Eastern Africa
11/6/2011 Potato production in Sub-Saharan Africa has more than doubled since 1994. Despite these gains, potato yields of small-scale farmers…
USAID/Mozambique Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato Day
On July 28, 2011 USAID/Mozambique celebrated Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato Day. They event was also a hommage to Irene de Souza…
Building One Corporate System (OCS)
Three weeks, over 40 people, nine international agricultural research for development centers. Added together, this is part of the formula for creating a common, cross-cutting operational support platform, known as One Corporate System (OCS). OCS is a cross-center initiative of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and its Consortium Office. Its aim is to create a common system for managing projects, human resources, finances, and other administrative and reporting functions.
Simple plastic barriers combat major potato pest
A simple barrier technology has tested effective to prevent the spread and infestation of Andean potato weevils, while also protecting the biodiversity of insects, including natural enemies of pests.
Cow cafeteria? Exploiting the potential of sweetpotato as an animal feed in East Africa
High population pressures have increased the competition for grains as food or livestock feed. Increased use and production of sweetpotato may provide a solution. Sweetpotato vines offer more protein and dry matter per unit area and require less land than other commonly used livestock feeds.
A Maasai woman becomes a potato seed production pioneer
The project is fostering private adoption of the three-generation seed multiplication strategy and improved knowledge and skills leading to average yield increases of 20% for over 15,000 smallholder growers on potato production technologies and best practices.
How the Potato Changed the World
10/20/2011 Today the potato is the fifth most important crop worldwide, after wheat, corn, rice and sugar cane. But in…
Conversation: Eugenio Pecho Solis – COGEPAN Organization – FOVIDA
From September 9 to 18 the Iniciativa Papas Andinas – along with many local partners – participated at the 2011…