Chirapaq Ñan (“rainbow route” in Quechua) is an initiative for monitoring and promoting the diversity and conservation of the agrobiodiversity of the native potato, as well as improving the well-being of the farmers who are custodians of the ances…
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 …
Stef De Haan, el líder de Recursos Genéticos del CIP, recorrió la isla de Chiloé en Chile e invitó a dicho país a participar en la alianza para el monitoreo de la diversidad genética de las papas nativas, denominada “Iniciativa Chirapaq Ñan&#…
Late blight still threatens the world’s vital potato crops. Phytophthora infestans, the fungus-like microbe that causes late blight, can be controlled, but the disease is quickly becoming resistant to efforts to eradicate it with fungicides.
