Potatoes continue to gain popularity – International Potato Center
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Fresh Solutions Network announced the important role of its network of farmers and potato products. In a newly released report, Potato Market...
Africa can shift to sweet potato amid wheat shortage – International Potato Center
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The rapidly rising cost of wheat globally is a cue for African countries to shift attention to sweetpotato for their baking...
Designer crops of the future must be better tailored for women in agriculture –...
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For all the progress that scientists have made in breeding crops that feed more people, these breakthroughs typically elude a core...
Europe heatwave sparks panic as food prices could soar over BURNING CROPS – International...
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In response to Europe’s extreme heatwave, Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust’s Executive Director told Express.co.uk: “Current reports of likely harvest losses due to...
Rwanda uses biotech potato variety to fight same blight that caused Irish Potato Famine...
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Late blight, a potentially devastating disease affecting potatoes and tomatoes, infecting leaves, stems, potato tubers and tomato fruits, spreads quickly in...
Advancing biotechnology to solve Africa’s food challenges
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Women in Agriculture: Orange-fleshed sweetpotato bread cheaper, highly profitable
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Genetically-engineered disease-resistant potato eagerly awaited by farmers in Rwanda – International Potato Center
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Potato farmers have welcomed the government’s ongoing trials on the use of agricultural biotechnology in producing a new Irish potato variety...
Potato-gene wrangler
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from the lab to field to scale – International Potato Center
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Potato and sweetpotato are the third and seventh most important food crops globally. Yet most farmers in developing countries produce a...
Public-private potato breeding partnership for smallholder farmers enters second phase – International Potato Center
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The International Potato Center (CIP), the globally active Dutch seed potato company HZPC, and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) announce the launch...
Boosting abilities to develop nutritious sweetpotatoes for Central Americans – International Potato Center
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An estimated two billion people suffer undernourishment, or micronutrient deficiencies, which is why CGIAR centers have partnered with national agricultural programs across...
Zimbabwe positions itself in global lithium value chain
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It’s National Potato Day! – International Potato Center
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Happy National Potato Day! Whether baked, fried or mashed, these taters bring on the flavor. According to the International Potato Center, more...
Wildfire smoke can harm human health, even when the fire is hundreds of miles...
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We know that the chemistry of wildfire smoke changes. The longer it’s in the atmosphere, the more the chemistry...
Potatoes will be capable of develop like this within the air – International Potato...
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Aeroponic Potato Farming: Perhaps only a few other people would know that potato cultivation can also be performed within the air as...
Global pesticide use is on the rise
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June 27, 2023 — A global environmental problem that Ensia shone light on in 2016 is worse than suspected,...
Which US State produces the most potatoes? – International Potato Center
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Not surprisingly, potatoes remain the top vegetable crop in the United States. According to Agriculture Marketing Resource Center, a total of...
RainReady program aims to help Chicago-area residents facing floods
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August 8, 2023 — Editor’s note: This story is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit...
Partnership for biodiversity – International Potato Center
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Potato portfolios
In many Andean communities, smallholders grow 50 or more native potato landraces in the same plot. That diversity provides varied...
Climate costs imperil unique, diverse Detroit neighborhood
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Insect futures – International Potato Center
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“ILCYM helps us understand the risk that pests pose in the present and future under climate change, which helps us prepare...
On Chicago’s South Side, neighbors fight to keep Lake Michigan at bay
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Gugulethu latest SA mine to implement 5G
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