🔊 | CIP at #AFSForum2025
Simon Heck, DG @cipotato.org, highlighted that the barriers facing Root & Tuber Crops in Africa are also opportunities 🙌.
Research, local voices & strategic collaboration are key to turning insights into action for resilient, inclusive food systems.
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¿Listo para innovar por los Andes ⛰️?
El #DatathonCIP2025 te reta a crear herramientas de ciencia de datos 📊 para restaurar pastizales altoandinos y proteger el agua.
🏆 USD 4,000 en premios
📅 Postula hasta el 24/08
👉🏽 bit.ly/DatathonCIP2...
From iron-rich biofortified potatoes 🥔 to drought-tolerant varieties, CIP is partnering with India to fight anemia & build resilient food systems 🌱.
DG Simon Heck explains why the new Agra research centre could transform the future for farmers.
👉🏽 https://bit.ly/News-IndiaCIP
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🔊 | CIP at #CGIARScienceWeek
CIP has signed a Host Country Agreement to scale up collaboration on potato 🥔 & sweetpotato 🍠—key crops for food security & resilience.
This sets the stage for joint research, tech transfer & capacity building with Sudanese institutions.
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In Madagascar, 10 single mothers 👩🏽🍳 turned food innovation into empowerment.
With support from CIP & the World Bank’s Mionjo project, they use orange-fleshed sweetpotato 🍠 purée to bake better, earn more & feed their communities.
Now 80+ strong & growing!
👉🏽 bit.ly/EmpoweringWo...
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We were honored to host Mr. Vishvas Sapkal, Ambassador of India in Peru, at CIP Headquarters in Lima.
Strengthening ties for future collaboration between India and CIP to advance potato 🥔 research and innovation!
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@cipotato.org & @ifpri.org hosted a workshop on assessing the real-world impacts of genetic innovations in agriculture 🌱. Focused on India, Kenya, and Malawi, experts worked on designing coordinated evaluations to better understand how new crop varieties affect smallholder livelihoods.
@cipotato.org & @ifpri.org hosted a workshop on assessing the real-world impacts of genetic innovations in agriculture 🌱.
Experts worked on designing coordinated evaluations to better understand how new crop varieties affect smallholder livelihoods.
👉🏽 bit.ly/V-Breedingfo...
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1.74M refugees in Uganda, and orange-fleshed sweetpotato 🍠 is lighting the path to self-reliance.
1.74M refugees in Uganda, and orange-fleshed sweetpotato 🍠 is lighting the path to self-reliance.
@cipotato.org & @worldfoodprogramme.bsky.social are empowering communities with training, nutrition education, & sustainable farming.
👉🏽 bit.ly/OFSP-Refugee
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