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The One That Makes the Daughter-In-Law Cry and Other Potato Recipes From the Women of the Potato Park
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The One That Makes the Daughter-In-Law Cry and Other Potato Recipes From the Women of the Potato Park

Is there a food that’s more emblematic of Peru than the potato? Long, round, bumpy, yellow, purple, red. Every imaginable shape and color is on the menu. And the women there know how to prepare them.

I have been in Peru doing...

30 May 2024

Carlos Ochoa: The Indiana Jones of the Potato World
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Carlos Ochoa: The Indiana Jones of the Potato World

In this installment of our Seed Heroes series, we remember the unique contributions of Peruvian scientist Carlos Ochoa, whose hazardous collection expeditions in search of wild potatoes paved the way for many of today’s improved...

24 May 2024

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An Initiative to Save Cryopreserved Crop Collections, Forever

Many of the foods we cherish the most – bananas and potatoes, for example – don’t reproduce through seeds. They are propagated through vegetative means like tubers, suckers, and cuttings.

For this reason, the diversity of these...

28 Sep 2023

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Global Guardians of Potato Diversity

In the highlands of Peru, a group of farmers safeguard their livelihoods and those of future generations. They are conserving the diversity of their staple food: the potato.

Some members of AGUAPAN (Association of Guardians of...

9 Aug 2023

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Revival and Survival of Repatriated Potato Landraces in the Andes

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Potato landraces collected in farmers’ fields are being “repatriated” back to the farmers. A study was conducted to determine how long Andean farmers continue to use repatriated landraces after...

21 Mar 2023

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The Future of Food is Wild

Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their families. A new potato variety called CIP-Matilde, developed by the International Potato Center (CIP) with support from the Crop Trust, is the latest...

12 Oct 2021

12 Oct 2021

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Potatoes for a Changing Climate

Climate change is reducing potato yields in some important production areas due to more drought, heat, and diseases like late blight and bacterial wilt.

Our partners from the International Potato Center (CIP) are working with the...

23 Mar 2020

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David Ellis: Finding the Balance Between Manager and Scientist

Recipient of the inaugural Crop Trust Legacy Award David Ellis was once asked how to prepare for a career as a genebank scientist. “There’s no fricking way,” he responded. “You not only have to be well grounded in science but you...

8 May 2019

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Guest Post: Nourishing Collaborations

A social anthropologist tells us about her recent experiences amidst a large and global community working towards conserving and using plant genetic resources for food security and adaptation to climate change.

Imagine...

8 Dec 2015

8 Dec 2015

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Four Things That Keep A Genebank Manager Awake At Night

Dave Ellis, Genebank Manager at CIP in Lima, Peru, shares with our Crop Topics readers his views and concerns regarding the present state and future challenges of plant genetic resources conservation around the world.

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6 Jul 2015

6 Jul 2015

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