International Potato Center

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International Potato Center
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Future Harvest Centers of the CGIAR
IPGRI Italy
ICRISAT India
WARDA Cotedivoire
ICARDA Syria
WORLDFISH CENTER Malaysia
IFPRI USA
CIMMYT Mexico
IRRI Philippines
CIAT Colombia
CIP Peru
IITA Nigeria
IWMI Sri Lanka
WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE AND ILRI Kenya
CIFOR Indonesia
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Millennium Development Goals
We will spare no effort to free our fellow men,
women, and children from the abject and
dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty, to
which more than a billion of them are currently
subjected. United Nations Millennium
Declarations September 2000

• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Achieve universal primary education
• Promote gender equality and empower women
• Reduce children mortality
• Improve maternal health
• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
• Ensure environmental sustainability
• Develop a global partnership for development

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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (SSA)
SOUTH AND WEST ASIA (SWA)
CHINA
INDIA
PHILIPPINES
VIETNAM
UGANDA
ECUADOR
KENYA
PERU
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (LAC)
INDONESIA
EAST AND SOTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESEAP)
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Nutritional Value of the Potato
Vitamin Content 30 Vitamin C
Amino Acid Content
Mineral Content 10 Iron
10 Thiamine
3 Rivoflamine
Dry Matter Content 3 Protein
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Growth rates for major food crops in developing
countries, 1993-2020
Potato
Maize
Cassava
Wheat
Sweetpotato and yam
Rice
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0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
Average annual growth rate (percent)
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International Year of Mountains
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Late blight research at CIP

• 3 million hectares
• 40 developing countries
• US530 per hectare
• US1.5 billion yearly

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