International Potato Centre

International Potato Centre Latest News

Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved a proposal from the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare to establish the International Potato Centre (CIP)’s South Asia Regional Centre (CSARC) at Agra, Uttar Pradesh.

About International Potato Centre

• It was founded in 1971 as a research-for-development organization with a focus on potato, sweetpotato and Andean roots and tubers.
• It delivers innovative science-based solutions to enhance access to affordable nutritious food, foster inclusive sustainable business and employment growth, and drive the climate resilience of root and tuber agri-food systems.
• CIP is a CGIAR research center, a global research partnership for a food-secure future. CGIAR science is dedicated to transforming food, land and water systems in a climate crisis.
• Its research is carried out by 13 CGIAR Centers/Alliances in close collaboration with hundreds of partners, including national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia, development organizations and the private sector. 
• Headquarter: It is in Lima, Peru and it has a research presence in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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Potato Production in India

• India is the world’s second top producer and consumer of potato
• Major potato growing states: Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab.
• As of now, at least two different centres of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) work on tuber crops.
• While the Shimla-based ICAR-CPRI (Central Potato Research Institute) is working on potato, the Thiruvananthapuram-based ICAR-CTCRI (Central Tuber Crops Research Institute is working on sweetpotato.

Source: PIB