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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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“Every Color in My Pencil Box”
17.03.20Growing up in Assam, India, CIP researcher Sampriti Baruah remembers having potatoes with nearly eve…
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Backing up crop biodiversity collections for agriculture’s future
16.03.20The International Potato Center (CIP) recently joined 34 other organizations across the globe in dep…
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Study finds high potential for sustainable intensification of agriculture in Asia, but important questions remain
12.03.20A recent study published by International Potato Center scientists Marcel Gatto and Guy Hareau sugge…
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“The Potato Crop” receives enthusiastic reception: An interview with co-editors
10.03.20Continue reading “The Potato Crop” receives enthusiastic reception: An interview with co-editors…
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Towards equality for women and men in root and tuber agri-food systems
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Gender equality
UN Women notes that 2020 represents a crucial opportunity to mobilize global action to achieve gend…
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Root and tuber crops have a central role to play in building resilience in Asian agri-food systems
05.03.20As developing countries cope with the effects of climate change and its impact on agriculture…
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Studying the potato’s water needs for more efficient irrigation
02.03.20Water is essential for food production, with farming accounting for about 70 percent of global…
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Ugandan experts forecast 40-50% adoption of new bioengineered potato Victoria
24.02.20Stakeholders working within the potato sector in Uganda are confident about the wide adoption of…
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A simple innovation in Assam is leading to more food between growing seasons
19.02.20As farmers look to grow more food for their families and the marketplace, increasing production…
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Harnessing the sweetpotato’s potential
17.02.20Sweetpotatoes can be grown on marginal land with few inputs, and orange-fleshed varieties can make…
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Regional congress marks the end of the FoodSTART+ journey
13.02.20Roots and tubers (RTCs) are notably versatile crops with various uses in the agriculture and…
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The importance of supporting women farmers
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Gender equality
The potato is an increasingly important crop among smallholder farmers in Africa, where production h…
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Diversifying diets and income sources in Malawi with orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes
30.01.20Diet diversification and food security in Malawi are distinct challenges as most farmers are used…
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Preserving potato genetic diversity for the future
27.01.20The potato has saved countless millions from famine over the centuries and it has the…
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New CGIAR ‘GENDER’ Platform and investment announced to build more inclusive agricultural benefits and greater food security in developing countries
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Food security
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Gender equality
Nairobi, Kenya, 18 December 2019 — CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future,…
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Chilling out for conservation
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Biodiversity
CGIAR genebanks are using cryopreservation for the long-term conservation of crops which can’t be …
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Scaling up the use of Orange Fleshed Puree for Baked and Fried Products
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Nutrition
In late May the International Potato Centre (CIP) organized a stakeholder engagement and launch meet…
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Rooting out hunger in Malawi through better potato varieties
23.07.19Near the end of the last potato growing season in Malawi’s district of Dedza, Leonard…
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