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Jharkhand has great potential to boost potato production, making use of unused agricultural land. New varieties, land pooling, market linkages, farming synchronization, post-harvest technologies, and improved access to seed will improve the potato sector for farmers, consumers, and value chain ac...

Roots and tubers have great potential to support food security and resilient livelihoods among the poorest and most vulnerable people around the globe. FoodSTART, which promotes innovations for enhanced production and marketing of these underexploited crops, has completed a second phase in Asia.

Roots and tubers have great potential to support food security and resilient livelihoods among the poorest and most vulnerable people around the globe. The FoodSTART program, which promotes production and marketing of these underexploited crops, has already proven highly successful in Asia, and t...

In addition to providing vital food security, orange-fleshed sweetpotato is rich in vitamin A, a nutrient that is essential for healthy growth in children. The project promotes its adoption at institutional level to address Ethiopia’s persistent malnutrition.

This final report presents the performance of the project “Potato Production Support and Research to Improve Food Security in Khatlon, Tajikistan”, implemented by the International Potato Center (CIP) and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) between 2014 and 2016. The p...

This study examines potato value chains and recommends the promotion of potato as a tool for improving diets and decreasing child malnutrition. It is necessary to ensure that farmers have access to quality seed, fertilizers and pesticides, as well as light machinery, to improve seed potato produc...