Building resilience 🌱 starts with inclusion.
A new publication by Dr. Trent Blare outlines strategies to ensure women and youth have equitable access to innovations that strengthen food, land, & water systems 💧.
👉🏽 https://t.co/dZrHyDn56b
🔸 @WesternCapeGov
🔸 @CGIARgender
Potato 🥔 diversity is a resource for the future.
Thousands of native varieties and wild relatives conserved in the Andes provide valuable traits that help breeders develop potatoes adapted to evolving challenges in East Africa.
👉🏽 https://t.co/VR2yVfaNtc
🔸 @CropTrust
Applications are now open for the Sweetpotato 🍠 Science Paper Competition!
Recognizing outstanding sweetpotato research published in 2025 and its contribution to food systems, nutrition, & livelihoods.
📅 Deadline: Sept. 30, 2026
🏆 $500 award
👉🏽 https://t.co/HdtvvYCtsf
Compartir experiencias también es construir resiliencia 🤝.
Si tu organización está impulsando soluciones para los sistemas pastoriles y agroalimentarios andinos, esta convocatoria es para ti.
📆 Postula hasta el 6 de julio de 2026.
👉🏽 https://t.co/WDLZRdZVqW
🔸 @SerforPeru
Great science deserves great communication.
Apply for the 2026 Sweetpotato Communications Award 🍠, recognizing outstanding efforts to share sweetpotato research and innovation.
📅 Deadline: October 1, 2026.
👉🏽 https://t.co/AoHg0hYD47
Congratulations to Gabriela Burgos for being named one of the @WorldFoodPrize Foundation's 2026 Top Agri-food Pioneers 👏!
Her pioneering work on iron-biofortified potatoes 🥔 is helping combat anemia through a staple crop millions already eat.
👉🏽 https://t.co/IBGCFojPrz
Resilient food systems require inclusive solutions.
In a new publication, CIP Scientist Dr. Trent highlights why empowering women, youth, & marginalized groups is essential for strengthening food, land, & water systems 💧
👉🏽 https://t.co/dZrHyDn56b
🔸 @IWMI_
🔸 @WesternCapeGov
In Kenya, farmers love Shangi potatoes, but relying on a single variety increases risks.
The Crop Trust and @Cipotato are working to broaden potato diversity and give farmers more options: https://t.co/BmACqRq6O0
#Potato#CropDiversity#FoodSecurity#BOLDproject#Genebanks
How can Africa strengthen food sovereignty in a changing world 🌍?
Join Dr. Joyce Maru at #DialogueNEXT on June 30 to discuss the opportunities that root and tuber crops offer for resilience, nutrition, and economic development 🌱.
👉🏽 https://t.co/rBFNGiW2tX
🔸 @WorldFoodPrize
El futuro de la papa 🥔 depende de anticiparnos a nuevas amenazas fitosanitarias.
@JanKreuze, científico del CIP, compartirá cómo la investigación ayuda a proteger el cultivo frente a plagas y enfermedades en constante evolución.
👉🏽 https://t.co/xUMU99THRS
🔸 @INIAPeru
Late blight can force farmers to spray crops 10–15 times each season, increasing costs and reducing profits.
We're working with wild potato 🥔 diversity to help develop varieties that can better withstand disease pressure.
👉🏽 https://t.co/ca3AqK9AUj
🔸 @CropTrust#BoldProject
El mejoramiento genético será uno de los temas clave del #VCongresoNacionalDeLaPapa 🥔.
Hannele Lindqvist-Kreuze compartirá los avances y desafíos para desarrollar variedades más resilientes frente al cambio climático y globalización 🌎.
👉🏽 https://t.co/xUMU99THRS
🔸 @INIAPeru
Los Andes están llenos de soluciones que merecen ser compartidas 🌎.
La convocatoria “Experiencias que Inspiran 2026” busca iniciativas de Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú que estén construyendo resiliencia frente al cambio climático.
👉🏽 https://t.co/WDLZRdZVqW
🔸 @SerforPeru
La diversidad genética 🌱 de la papa será protagonista en el V Congreso Nacional de la Papa.
Stef de Haan, científico del CIP, compartirá una mirada sobre su pasado, presente y futuro.
📅 22 de junio | 🕚 11:20 am.
👉🏽 https://t.co/xUMU99THRS
🔸 @INIAPeru
🔸 @midagriperu
In Kenya, the Shangi potato accounts for up to 70 percent of production, but this reliance is increasing risks.
The Crop Trust and @Cipotato are developing more resilient varieties and helping strengthen food security for over 800,000 farmers.
#Potato#BOLDproject
La sostenibilidad de la papa 🥔 no depende solo de producir más.
Vivian Polar, Directora Regional para América Latina del CIP, destaca la importancia de conservar la diversidad genética y el conocimiento ancestral 🌱.
👉🏽 https://t.co/sXlyaUv4Lb
🔸 @Primicias
What if a potato 🥔 could help fight anemia?
Gabriela Burgos has been recognized as a 2026 Top Agri-food Pioneer for leading the development of iron-biofortified potatoes that can improve nutrition for women & children.
👉🏽 https://t.co/IBGCFojPrz
🔸 @WorldFoodPrize
🔸 @CGIAR
From the Andes to East Africa 🌍.
The diversity preserved in CIP's genebank is helping breeders identify valuable traits for disease resistance and adaptation, supporting the development of potatoes 🥔 that perform under local growing conditions.
👉🏽 https://t.co/VR2yVfaNtc
Africa's food future depends on strong national leadership and resilient food systems 🌏.
Join Dr. Joyce Maru at #DialogueNEXT on June 30 to explore the growing role of root and tuber crops in achieving both.
👉🏽 https://t.co/rBFNGiW2tX
🔸 @WorldFoodPrize