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The Lima-based International Potato Center, which is devoted to the investigation and genetic conservation of the potato, is also working to improve marketing and assist poor farmers in improving yields while the Agriculture Ministry is working to determine which traditional tubers would best survive global warming.
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Farmers have much to contribute at the local level in maintaining the viability of different varieties, such as is being done in an innovative partnership between the International Potato Center and local communities in Peru, an approach that produces income for the farmers while conserving genetic variability.
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Peru: International Potato Center, 672 pp. PEA, R.S. de la and PLUCKNETT, D.L. 1967.
Chapter 32 1987
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Lima, Peru: International Potato Center, 672 pp. PEA, R.S. de la.
Chapter 32 1987
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Lima, Peru: International Potato Center, 113 pp. HARRIS, p.M. (ed.).
Chapter 25 1987
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The International Potato Center (CIP) has been preparing the way for the entry of Technico Pty Limited, an Australian multinational.
MRZine.org 2009
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Berga Lemaga of the International Potato Center (CIP) believes that there is great potential for an East African chip-making industry.
Timbuktu Chronicles 2009
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The International Potato Center (CIP) has been preparing the way for the entry of Technico Pty Limited, an Australian multinational.
MRZine.org 2009
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This volume also includes the story of the International Potato Center.
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Peru is home to up to 3,500 different varieties of edible tubers, according to the International Potato Center, whose headquarters are near Lima.
hernesheir commented on the word International Potato Center
Institution based in Lima, Peru that maintains a genebank/repository of nearly 5000 varieties of potatoes. Research on potato culture and production is applied to problems of world hunger, poverty, and the degradation of natural resources and biodiversity.
June 12, 2010