The International Potato Center (CIP) will be co-hosting the 9th Triennial African Potato Association Conference in Naivasha, Kenya from 30 June-4 July 2013. The key theme of this conference is “Transforming potato and sweetpotato value chains fo…
Storing potatoes is unlike almost any other crop. Unlike a grain or a cereal, potatoes cannot be stored from season-to-season due to their perishability.
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.
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.
