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    Podcast Episode: About Face (Recognition)

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Is your face truly your own, or is it a commodity to be sold, a weapon to be used against you?...

    Haiti: A Nation in Crisis, Yet Resilient and Hopeful

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The story of Haiti is one of struggle, resilience, and hope amid often dire circumstances. This Caribbean nation has endured a...

    Tana River farmers cultivate sweetpotatoes to fight malnutrition

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Media: The Star Continue reading Tana River farmers cultivate sweetpotatoes to fight malnutrition at International Potato Center. Source of original article: International...

    How You Can Shape Breeding Decisions – International Potato Center

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Are you ready to be a part of something groundbreaking? The future of potato and sweetpotato breeding is in your hands,...

    Privacy Isn’t Dead. Far From It. | EFFector 36.3

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). As we continue the journey of fighting for digital freedoms, it can be hard to keep up on the latest happenings....

    World Potato Congress Inc announces new President and Vice-President – International Potato Center

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Following 16 years of dedicated service to the World Potato Congress Inc.’s Board of Directors, and the past four years as...
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    a systematic approach to inclusive agri-enterprise development – International Potato Center

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). To help smallholders overcome the challenges of accessing markets, reduce the toll of postharvest loss, and improve their incomes, the International...

    A gender-responsive tool for better pest and disease management   – International Potato Center

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Women play a vital role in agriculture, especially in developing countries, but because technologies, practices and training are mainly designed by...

    Preserving ancestral potato varieties through local chip brands – International Potato Center

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The studies conducted by National Institute for Agricultural Research (INIAP) and International Center for the Potato (CIP) since 2006 determined that...

    Full genome sequencing of potato tissue samples – International Potato Center

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to receive proposals from firms who believe that they have the qualifications...

    Barbara H. Wells, Director General at the International Potato Center – Leader, Mentor, Friend...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Through a steadfast commitment to genetic innovation, high-impact research and mentoring female scientists, Dr. Wells helped devise solutions to agriculture’s most...

    Boosting abilities to develop nutritious sweetpotatoes for Central Americans – International Potato Center

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). An estimated two billion people suffer undernourishment, or micronutrient deficiencies, which is why CGIAR centers have partnered with national agricultural programs across...

    Ensuring a focus on women and girls in the global food crisis response

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Media: Soundcloud Continue reading Ensuring a focus on women and girls in the global food crisis response at International Potato Center. Source...

    Revealing the deeper forces impacting women’s lives after COVID-19 – International Potato Center

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). As the world emerges from the pandemic, agricultural researchers have begun training their lenses to understand how COVID-19 has affected the...

    Kien Giang University organizes an international seminar for students – International Potato Center

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The international conference “Gender, Resilience and Climate Adaptation” was organized by Kien Giang University in collaboration with Can Tho University and...

    Refugee, host communities find relief and stability in Orange-fleshed Sweet potato – International Potato...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The collaboration between the World Food Program (WFP), Lutheran World Federation (LWF), and CIP under the Development and Delivery of Biofortified...

    Can potatoes help to counter climate-fueled hunger in Africa? – International Potato Center

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Potatoes are one of the world’s most important food crops consumed by billions of people across the globe. They are becoming...

    World Potato Congress Inc introduces new Directors, welcomes five International Advisors – International Potato...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). World Potato Congress Inc (WPC), based on Prince Edward Island in Canada, announced the past week that it has appointed two...

    Making the Law Accessible in Europe and the USA

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Special thanks to EFF legal intern Alissa Johnson, who was the lead author of this post. Earlier this month, the European...

    IPCC Chair’s remarks at the United Nations Environmental Assembly – Leadership Dialogue 1 —...

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Super-highway or still in slow-motion: are science, data and digitalization really speeding our transition to a sustainable future?Nairobi, Kenya...

    Speaking Freely: Emma Shapiro | Electronic Frontier Foundation

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Interviewer: Jillian York Emma Shapiro is an American artist, writer, and activist who is based in Valencia, Spain. She is the Editor-At-Large...

    Perú: más de 6 millones de toneladas en producción de papa

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). … de papas nativas que crecen en Perú. (Cortesía: El Centro Internacional de la Papa) Perú continua siendo el productor número uno...

    Lucrative investment transforms Botswana’s iconic diamond mine

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    International Potato Center introduces drought-resistant purple-fleshed sweet potato in Kenya – International Potato Center

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The International Potato Center (CIP) in partnership with the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) has released drought-resistant KC Sweet...