News from CIP

International Potato Center Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Groundbreaking Research in Global Health and Development

May 09, 2012 | Press release

Lima, Peru -- The International Potato Center (CIP) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Jan Kreuze, Ph.D., principal virologist at CIP, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled, Plant virus elimination by inducing RNA silencing in-vitro.

Interview with Graham Thiele -- Roots, Tubers & Bananas CRP leader

May 08, 2012 | Blog | Jacqueline Becker

January 1, 2012 marked the official launch of the newest CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Roots, Tubers, and Bananas (RTB). Led by the International Potato Center (CIP) - in collaboration with Bioversity International, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) – this CRP is targeting the 200 million people in low-income and marginalized areas, who depend on these crops for their food security, nutrition, and income.

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In the News

Farming needs 'climate-smart' revolution, says report
BBC News Mar 28, 2012
A Clarion Call on the Food Supply
New York Times Mar 28, 2012
World Scientists Define United Approach to Tackling Food Insecurity
CCAFS Mar 28, 2012

Publications

Poniendo en Práctica la Estrategia: Aplicación del plan estratégico y corporativo del CIP para mejorar los impactos de la investigación a favor de los pobres
Sep 26, 2011

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Annual Report 2010. Putting Strategy into Action: Implementing the CIP corporate and strategic plan to enhance pro-poor research impacts
May 09, 2011

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La crisis alimentaria: retos y oportunidades en los Andes
Book Series Apr 18, 2011
Serie Contribuciones para el Desarrollo Sostenible de los Andes No 9, julio 2009

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