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Watch the 2016 World Food Prize and follow the news coverage
Four CGIAR scientists, Dr. Howarth Bouis (HarvestPlus), Dr. Jan Low (CIP), Maria Andrade (CIP), and Robert Mwanga (CIP) were awarded the World Food Prize on 13 October 2016 among an international audience at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, for their combined success in improving nutrition and health through biofortified crops. …
Read More »Nane Annan’s passion for sweetpotato brings agricultural gold to Ghana
On August 15 2016, Mrs. Nane Lagergren and her husband, Kofi Annan spent a day learning about and advocating for the Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI) in Ghana’s Volta Region. The visit, organized by CIP’s Ghana office, included stops at a bakery which produces Golden Bread from vitamin-A-rich …
Read More »Feeding Africa
Feeding Africa
Read More »Beyond Yield: End User Preferences
As scientists when breeding we have to ask ourselves the following questions: What is your key target group? What traits meet their needs? How do you assess the preferences of the target group? At what stage in the breeding cycle do you assess preferences? In your program, which variety best …
Read More »Highlights from 3.5 Year of Implementation of SASHA
The Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa (SASHA) Project is a 5 year project led by the International Potato Center CIP that will develop the essential capacities, products and methods to reposition sweetpotato in the food economies of Sub-Saharan Africa. It serves as the foundation for the broader …
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