The topics covered by CIP’s training curriculum
respond directly to the Center’s main research
areas centered on the production and use of CIP’s
mandate crops and the conservation and management
of natural resources. There is a growing demand
for training on natural resource management in
mountain areas and on conservation of root and
tuber genetic material.
CIP leads training sessions and workshops, organizes
and sponsors international conferences, and develops
training materials. The 32 main training events
conducted across the world in 2002 were attended
by participants from 64 countries. These activities
focused on research methodologies, tools, and
techniques for developing-country scientists,
and on capacity building for sustainable production,
targeted at NGOs, government organizations, and
development agencies. At CIP headquarters, individual
training was provided for participants from 23
countries. CIP also supported training at distant
locations by distributing publications and manuals,
as well as through the use of electronic media,
including downloads of manuals, articles, and
reports from CIP’s training website (www.cipotato.org/training),
and e-conferences and workshops.
CIP continues to develop its website and interactive
CD-ROMs to support training activities organized
by CIP headquarters and regional offices, and
by CIP-related networks.
Main
group training events
| Event (number
of participants in parentheses) |
External sponsors |
Participating countries
|
| Workshop on bacterial
wilt detection and its application to potato
seed production (12) |
TCRC |
Bangladesh |
| Advanced virology course
(5) |
|
Bolivia, Costa Rica,
Philippines |
| Systemwide Program on
Integrated Pest Management: Annual meeting
of the Inter-Center Working Group of the
CGIAR (19) |
CGIAR, SDC |
Benin, Colombia, Ecuador,
Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, Philippines,
Senegal, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, UK |
| Workshop on participatory
research, integrated pest management and
varieties for industry, harvest and postharvest
(14) |
Fundación para
el Desarrollo Regional,
INCAGRO |
Peru |
| World Meeting on Mountain
Ecosystems (278) |
CAF, FAO, Peruvian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, SDC |
Argentina, Belgium,
Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Ecuador, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy,
Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,
Puerto Rico, South Africa, USA, Venezuela |
| Course on improved techniques
of sweetpotato production (59) |
TCRC |
Bangladesh |
| Integrated management
of potato late blight diseases: refining
and implementing local strategies through
farmer field schools (11) |
IFAD |
Bangladesh, Bolivia,
China, Ethiopia, Peru, Uganda, UK |
| Steering committee meeting
of Vitamin A for Africa (VITAA) (22) |
ISTI, Micronutrient
Initiative, OPEC, USAID |
Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia,
Ghana,Kenya, Mozambique, Peru, South Africa,
Tanzania, Uganda, USA, UK |
| Course on integrated
crop management (70) |
ICARDA, Ministry of
Agriculture, Afghanistan |
Afghanistan |
| Workshop on statistical
analysis and experimental design (17) |
ICRAF, ILRI, PRAPACE |
Kenya |
| Workshop on application
of molecular markers in agrobiodiversity
conservation and management (19) |
CTB, FAO, IPGRI |
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Spain |
| GILB conference: Managing
the global threat (173) |
DANIDA, Technical Centre
for Agricultural & Rural Cooperation |
Argentina, Austria,
Belgium, Belarus, Cameroon, Canada, China,
Czech Rep., Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia,
France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Luxemburg,
Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland,
Romania, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Trinidad
and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, UK, Ukranian
SSR, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam |
| Workshop on analysis
of agroproduction systems (17) |
|
Bolivia, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru |
| Conference on alternatives
for funding and investment in poor rural
environments (62) |
CONDESAN |
Canada, Peru, Switzerland |
| Course on potato seed
production in Afghanistan (38) |
ICARDA |
Afghanistan |
| Course on technology
of autotrophic and hydroponic systems (8) |
|
Argentina, Bolivia,
Chile, Colombia, Venezuela |
| Workshop on genetic
improvement and perspectives for the industrial
use of potato (21) |
FONTAGRO |
Argentina, Bolivia,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
| Course on utilization
and promotion of true potato seed (89) |
|
India |
| Workshop on urban policy
implications of enhancing food security
in African cities (35) |
FAO, SIUPA |
Kenya |
| Course on cassava and
sweetpotato research and development (30) |
CRS |
Uganda |
| Workshop on watershed
management (25) |
MANRECUR, PROMSA |
Ecuador |
| Course on computer simulation
and GIS (50) |
DINAREN, INAMHI, INIAP,
INPOFOS |
Ecuador |
| International workshop
of the China-ASEAN Potato Forum |
Ministry of Agriculture,
China |
China |
| International conference on farmer field
schools |
FAO, Rockefeller Foundation |
Indonesia |
| UPWARD annual review
and planning meeting |
UPWARD |
Philippines |
| Course on participatory research and development |
UPWARD |
Philippines |
| Sweetpotato study tour |
|
China |
| Workshop on sweetpotato IPM farmer field
schools |
|
Vietnam |
| Seminar-workshop on
the potentials of sweetpotato in improving
household income and nutritional status
(15) |
NVH Foundation |
Philippines |
| Workshop on sweetpotato ICM project validation
(12) |
UPWARD |
Philippines |
| Potato ICM project summative
workshop (14) |
UPWARD |
China |
| Project team workshop for the development
of an agrobiodiversity sourcebook (18) |
IDRC |
Philippines |
| Full names
of external sponsors can be found in the
list
of CIP’s partners. |
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