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Wild potato 🥔 relatives hold valuable traits for tackling heat, pests, and diseases. CIP and the @CropTrust are expanding the BOLD project in Kenya to help turn this diversity into more resilient varieties for farmers. 👉🏽 bit.ly/PR-PotatoAfrica 🔸@CGIAR

How can science help prevent a potato 🥔 crisis? CIP’s new Purple Top website features a risk map 🗺️ and tools 🔍 to help identify threats to potato crops. AI-powered detection technologies are also in development. 👉🏽 bit.ly/LaunchPurpleTop 🔸 @CGIAR

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El CIP lanzó una plataforma digital sobre el Complejo Punta Morada para ayudar a detectar y monitorear esta amenaza a la producción de papa 🥔 en los Andes. Incluye información científica y un mapa de riesgo 🔎. 👉🏽 bit.ly/LanzamientoPuntaMorad…

How can we safeguard the crop diversity that sustains our food systems 🌍? At #COP17, CIP and partners will discuss conserving Centers of Crop Origin and introduce the vision for the Vavilov Network, a global platform for collaboration. 👉🏽 bit.ly/E-CropsOrigin 🔸 @CONABIO

Protecting potatoes 🥔 starts with early detection. CIP has launched a new Purple Top website 💻 with scientific information and a risk map to help monitor and manage this serious threat to Andean potato production. 👉🏽 bit.ly/LaunchPurpleTop 🔸 @CGIAR

Congratulations to Gabriela Burgos of CIP, recipient of the @WorldFoodPrize’s Top Agriculture Pioneer Award 🏆! Her research on iron bioavailability in two new Peruvian potato 🥔 varieties highlights the potential of science to improve nutrition. 👉🏽 bit.ly/WFP-GabyRecognition

Research can help farmers grow resilient crops and protect biodiversity 🌱. But its impact is limited if people cannot access its findings. This #OpenAccessWeek, discover why open science matters. 👉🏽 bit.ly/OAW-2026 🔸 @CGIAR

Digital technology should create opportunities, not inequalities. CIP’s research in Bolivia explores how Indigenous women can lead drone-based agricultural 🌱 services, strengthening their entrepreneurship & helping protect crops from emerging threats 👉🏽 bit.ly/IDRW-CIP

The diversity of our crops is vital for resilient agriculture 🌱 & food security. At #COP17, CIP & its partners will explore ways to monitor, conserve and sustainably use agrobiodiversity, from farms to natural habitats. 👉🏽 bit.ly/CIPatCOP17 🔸 @CGIAR 🔸 @UNBiodiversity

Science has greater impact when knowledge is accessible 🔓. For #OpenAccessWeek 📚, CIP explores how open access can help research reach the people and communities who can put it to use. 👉🏽 bit.ly/OAW-2026 🔸 @CGIAR

How can digital agriculture 🌱 help close gender gaps? CIP and the @PROINPA_Bolivia are exploring how women-led drone enterprises in Bolivia can expand into crop monitoring, disease diagnosis, and risk mapping 🗺️. 👉🏽 bit.ly/IDRW-CIP

Agricultural biodiversity is vital for resilient food systems, but monitoring it remains a global challenge. At #COP17, CIP & partners will share tools & approaches to improve agrobiodiversity monitoring, strengthen collaboration. 👉🏽 bit.ly/SideEvent1-CIPatCOP17 🔸 @BiovIntCIAT_eng

How can we better monitor & conserve agrobiodiversity 🌎? At #COP17, CIP will share scientific knowledge & practical approaches across 3 side events, highlighting tools for monitoring biodiversity & the importance of crop centers of origin. 👉🏽 bit.ly/CIPatCOP17 🔸 @CGIAR

CIP deposited 1,027 accessions at Norway’s Svalbard Global Seed Vault ❄️, bringing 91% of its seed collection backed up there. Peru’s Ambassador to Norway, Rolando Ruíz Rosas Cateriano, witnessed the deposit. 👉🏽 bit.ly/Seeds-Svalbard 🔸 @EmbPeruNorway 🔸 @CropTrust 🔸 @CGIAR

This #RuralWomenDay, CIP highlights how digital innovation 💡 can expand women’s leadership in agriculture 🌱. In Bolivia, research explores how women-led drone enterprises can help monitor crops & detect pests & diseases. 👉🏽 bit.ly/IDRW-CIP 🔸 @PROINPA_Bolivia

🔴 ¡Estamos en vivo! 🔴 Acompáñanos en la Sesión 6 de la CoP LAC en Monitoreo de la Agrobiodiversidad para explorar la diversidad de ajíes nativos 🌶️ del Perú y cómo herramientas como iNaturalist contribuyen a monitorear y conservar la biodiversidad. 👉🏽 bit.ly/Sesion6-CoPAgrobiodiv…

How can we better monitor & conserve agrobiodiversity? At #COP17, CIP scientist Stef de Haan joins partners to explore tools & approaches for monitoring agricultural diversity & improving data to support global biodiversity goals. 👉🏽 bit.ly/SideEvent1-CIPatCOP17 🔸 @BiovIntCIAT_eng

Agrobiodiversity 🌱 helps build resilient food systems and safeguard future food security. At #COP17, CIP will join partners across 3 side events to share approaches for monitoring & conserving agricultural diversity on farms and in natural habitats. 👉🏽 bit.ly/CIPatCOP17

¿Cuánto conocemos sobre la diversidad de ajíes nativos 🌶️ del Perú y cómo podemos protegerla? En la Sesión 6 de la CoP LAC en Monitoreo de la Agrobiodiversidad 🌱, exploraremos la erosión genética y herramientas como iNaturalist. 👉🏽 bit.ly/Sesion6-CoPAgrobiodiv…