Native Andean potatoes 🥔 have been around for millennia, but we are still learning about the #biodiversity and characteristics of many wild relatives.
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International Potato Center
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International Potato Center
@Cipotato
International Potato Center (CIP) conducts agriculture research to improve food & nutrition security, livelihoods & climate resilience.
🔸 @CGIAR
- Preparing for the #foodsecurity challenges of tomorrow requires that we conserve the #biodiversity we have today. With gratitude to @CropTrust for its tireless commitment to conserving crop diversity. #FunderGratitude
- The colors of biodiversity, the colors of health. With more than 4,000 varieties of potatoes to choose from you can find these tubers in all shapes and colors. #potato #Biodiversity
- Biotech potato 🥔 developed by @Cipotato can increase yields by 20% and lower fungicide use by 95%. 👉🏽 bit.ly/Innovation-Bio… 🔸 @narouganda 🔸 @kalromkulima
- It is with very heavy hearts that we note the passing of Dr. Barbara Wells – our leader, mentor and friend. 👉🏽 bit.ly/CIP-BarbaraWel… 🔸 @cipotato 🔸 @CGIAR #OneCGIAR
- The sweet harvest of giants: making orange-fleshed #sweetpotato the new family tradition goo.gl/jhXFGo #zerohunger #Malawi #OFSP #sweetpotato @USAID
- #Peru is home to a wealth of #biodiversity that includes 3000 #potato varieties. Connecting the country's Andean farmers to markets for their native potatoes can strengthen conservation of that diversity. @BioversityInt @CIAT_ @RTB_CGIAR to.pbs.org/2DRjEt8
- With 50 years of research-for-development work in potato 🥔 and sweetpotato 🍠 based agri-food systems, the @Cipotato has contributed to greater food and #NutritionSecurity, and economic growth for millions of small-scale farmers worldwide 🌎. 👉🏼 bit.ly/CIP-AgriFoodSy…
- Potato 🥔 breeders in Peru developed a soon-to-be-released variety that is almost completely resistant to #LateBlight disease using a wild potato species native to the country’s Northern Andes. 👉🏽 bit.ly/WildPotatoes 🔸 @noradno 🔸 @CropTrust 🔸 @KewScience 🔸 @JimBradeen
- Scientists have developed a digital tool to help #potato farmers optimize water 💦 management by using thermal images to time irrigation for when crops need water. Discover more: 👉🏽 bit.ly/Optimize-Water… 🔸 @DARC_PERU 🔸 @UNALM_online #climatechange #resilience
- By 2050, 🌏 global population is expected to exceed 9 billion people. That means food production will need to grow by 70%. Scientists are looking into new potato varieties 🥔 to help fulfill demand. 🔸 @CGIAR 🔸 @IFAD 🔸 @yachay_dc 🔸 @minagriperu america.cgtn.com/2019/07/21/per…
- #DYK that some small-scale farmers In the Andes grow as many as 400 native potato varieties 🥔? 👉🏽 bit.ly/Custodians-Pot…
- The open-access book “The Potato Crop” is packed with useful information on the potato 🥔, including its role as a food and nutrition security crop and income generator in developing countries. 👉🏽 bit.ly/Book-PotatoCrop 🔸 @RTB_CGIAR 🔸 @MbanasoAmarch1 🔸 @PotatoPro
- Scientists in South America are tapping the power of wild potatoes 🥔 to breed disease-resistant & resilient varieties that enable farmers like Mariluz Cárdenas to produce more potatoes while reducing agrochemical use. 👉🏽 bit.ly/PowerWildPotat… 🔸 @CGIAR 🔸 @CropTrust
