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International Potato Center

Tuber research institute in Peru

Field	Value
name	International Potato Center
native_name	Centro Internacional de la Papa
native_name_lang	es
established	1971
type	Research center
headquarters	Lima, Peru
location	Lima, Peru
coords
leader_name	Simon Heck
parent_organization	CGIAR
website	[cipotato.org](http://cipotato.org/)

The International Potato Center (known as CIP from its Spanish-language name Centro Internacional de la Papa) is a research facility based in Lima, Peru, that seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained basis in developing countries through scientific research and related activities on potato, sweet potato, other root and tuber crops, and on the improved management of natural resources in the Andes and other mountain areas.

History

The International Potato Center was established in 1971 by decree of the Peruvian government.

In 1991 the World Vegetable Center (WVC) chose to end its sweet potato research. The WVC duplicated and transferred its research and germplasm to the International Potato Center and Taiwan Agricultural Research institute.

CIP is one of the 15 specialized research centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, an international consortium of agricultural research organizations, having joined in 1972.

In late 2015, it partnered with NASA to attempt to grow potatoes in a simulated Martian environment. In March 2017, it announced that preliminary indications are positive.

CIP-Georgia

In 2015, CIP began a 3-year project to "Enhance the rural livelihood of Georgia", for which in 2017 the Republic of Austria provided funding, delegated to the Austrian Development Agency, which was extended an additional three years. The project's goal is to "improve the livelihoods of Georgian farmers by increasing profitability and sustainability of their potato crops and to increase capacity of national players in the potato seed value chain."

Directors

Richard L. Sawyer, founding Director 1971–1991
Hubert Zandstra, 1991–2004
Pamela K. Anderson, 2004–2013
Barbara Wells, 2014
Simon Heck, 2023

References

"Vision, Mission, Values". International Potato Center.
[[American Society for Horticultural Science]].[http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/26/3/230.full.pdf Origin of the International Potato Center.]
(16 January 2019). "The Sweet Potato's Rise and Fall – And Rise Again". Taiwan Topics.
Puiu, Tibi. (December 22, 2015). "NASA wants to grow potatoes on the red planet. Just like Mark Watney from 'The Martian'". ZME Science.
Ranck, Joel. (8 March 2017). "Indicators show potatoes can grow on Mars". CIP.
"CIP-Georgia – ISHPOTATO".
"ISHPOTATO – CIP GEORGIA".
"About Project – ISHPOTATO".
"Pamela K. Anderson: International Potato Center Director General".
"Management Committee".

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