Potatoes and sweetpotatoes are relatively climate-hardy and rapidly-growing crops. Crop breeders are using next-generation technologies to develop climate-smart varieties that mature quickly, resist many pests and diseases, and tolerate heat, drought or saline to provide more nutritious food and ...
The International Potato Center (CIP) has reached 6.5 million households with biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato to improve vitamin A intake. Potato, a staple food in many developing countries, is a good source of zinc, iron, potassium, and vitamin C. Evidence shows that an integrated seed d...
This training manual describes CSA practices for sweetpotato, which aim to transform sweetpotato cultivation practice to sustainably support development and food security under a changing climate. This is a valuable resource for those involved in training extension workers, village leaders, and s...
International Potato Center
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[Recommended Sweetpotato Farming Practices in Southeast Asia: A way to promote sustainable rural development and food security under a changing climate.]
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Recommended Sweetpotato Farming Practices in Southeast Asia: A way to promote sustainable rural development and food security under a changing climate.
The value chain school (VCS) is a participatory action learning process that involves farmer groups participating in agricultural value chains. As part of capacity strengthening, VCS comprises a series of group‐based experiential learning activities over a production‐marketing cycle while interac...
International Potato Center
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[Value chain school with climate change and gender perspective: Learning and monitoring guide.]
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Value chain school with climate change and gender perspective: Learning and monitoring guide.
The farmer business school (FBS) is a participatory action learning process that involves farmer groups participating in agricultural value chains. As part of capacity strengthening, FBS comprises a series of group‐based experiential learning activities over a production‐marketing cycle while int...
International Potato Center
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[Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective: Learning and monitoring guide.]
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Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective: Learning and monitoring guide.
International Potato Center
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[Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective in agro-forestry context]
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Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective in agro-forestry context
This guide is a participatory action learning process that involves farmer groups’ participation in agricultural value chains. As part of capacity strengthening, it comprises a series of group-based experiential learning activities over a production-marketing cycle while interacting with other ch...
International Potato Center
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines
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[Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective in agroforestry context: Learning guide.]
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Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective in agroforestry context: Learning guide.
Uso efectivo del agua en el cultivo de papa en zonas aridas para mejorar el manejo del riego mediante el monitoreo del estatus hidrico para enfrentar al cambio climatico.
International Potato Center
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[Deteccion de estres temprano en cultivos con un enfoque basado en la planta. Project profile.]
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Deteccion de estres temprano en cultivos con un enfoque basado en la planta. Project profile.
Climate change is increasingly threatening food security throughout the developing world, and there is urgent need for new, stress-tolerant varieties of major crops like potato. This project focuses on breeding early-maturing, stresstolerant potato varieties to boost productivity and incomes for ...
International Potato Center
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[Developing early maturing and stress-tolerant potato varieties for Asia. Project profile.]
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Developing early maturing and stress-tolerant potato varieties for Asia. Project profile.
International Potato Center
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[Recommended Sweetpotato Farming Practices in Quang Binh, Vietnam: A Way to Promote Sustainable Rural Development and Food Security under a Changing Climate. A Training Manual.]
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Recommended Sweetpotato Farming Practices in Quang Binh, Vietnam: A Way to Promote Sustainable Rural Development and Food Security under a Changing Climate. A Training Manual.