Carlos Ochoa: a life devoted to potatoes
On Thursday, 11 December 2008, Professor Carlos Manuel Ochoa passed away. “The world has lost one of the pre-eminent scholars on potato taxonomy,” said CIP’s Director General Dr. Pamela Anderson. “Professor Ochoa was an invaluable member of CIP and will be greatly missed.”
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Roots and Tubers: the overlooked opportunity. CIP's 2007 Annual Report
CIP's 2007 Annual Report is entitled Roots and Tubers – the overlooked opportunity. Roots and tubers already make a substantial contribution to providing food and alleviating poverty in the developing countries. We are convinced that they will play an increasingly important role as food for the future, particularly in the vulnerable Low Income Food Deficit Countries.
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Incopa CIP Project Wins Peru Business Award
(Lima, November 2008). - The Project Innovation and Competitiveness of the Peruvian Potato (INCOPA) implemented by the International Potato Center (CIP) has been rewarded the Peruvian Creativity Business Award 2008 in the category Promotion of Development.
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