{"id":341500,"date":"2025-06-27T16:17:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=341500"},"modified":"2025-06-27T16:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:47:23","slug":"international-potato-centre-cip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-potato-centre-cip\/","title":{"rendered":"International Potato Centre (CIP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> India to set up a regional wing of the Peru-based International Potato Center (CIP) with a focus on the potato and sweet potato.<\/p>\n<h2>About International Potato Centre (CIP)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_341501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-341501\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-341501\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-CIP.png?resize=410%2C153&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-CIP.png?resize=300%2C112&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-CIP.png?w=551&amp;ssl=1 551w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-341501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; CIP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It was <strong>founded in 1971<\/strong> with a <strong>focus<\/strong> on the <strong>potato, sweet potato and Andean roots and tubers. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It primarily works in <strong>South America, Africa and Asia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It commenced its <strong>work in India in 1975<\/strong>, signing an initial <strong>agreement<\/strong> with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (<strong>ICAR<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters<\/strong>: Lima, Peru.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>new regional centre<\/strong> of CIP is going to be set up in <strong>India<\/strong> &#8211; to be known as the CIP-South Asia Regional Center (<strong>CSARC<\/strong>).\n<ul>\n<li>It will come up at <strong>Singna in Agra district<\/strong> of Uttar Pradesh.<\/li>\n<li>It will cater to <strong>farmers in India\u2019s potato belt states<\/strong>, like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal and also to <strong>South Asian countries<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Potato and Sweet Potato Crops<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The potato crop is <strong>native to the Peruvian-Bolivian Andes<\/strong> in Latin America,\u00a0 spread across the globe by the Spaniards and the Portuguese who colonised the continent.\n<ul>\n<li>Potatoes <strong>reached India in the 17th century<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>third<\/strong> most available <strong>food crop<\/strong> in the world, after rice and wheat, while <strong>sweet potato<\/strong> is in the <strong>6th position<\/strong> after maize and cassava.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Top producers: <\/strong><strong>India<\/strong> is its <strong>second-largest producer and consumer after China. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In <strong>2020<\/strong>, <strong>China\u2019s<\/strong> production was recorded at <strong>24 mt<\/strong>, while India produced <strong>51.30 mt<\/strong>, accounting for over <strong>one-third of the global <\/strong>potato production (359.07 mt).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indian scenario<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Top producing states: Uttar Pradesh<\/strong> (15 mt), <strong>West Bengal<\/strong> (15 mt) and <strong>Bihar<\/strong> (9 mt) were the top three potato producers in <strong>2020-21<\/strong> with Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab also have significant production.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Issue of Low average yield:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Potato:<\/strong> India\u2019s <strong>average yield<\/strong> of <strong>potato<\/strong> crop is <strong>25 tonnes per hectare<\/strong> \u2014 about <strong>half<\/strong> of its potential of over <strong>50<\/strong> tonnes per hectare due to <strong>lack of availability of high-quality seeds<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sweet potato:<\/strong> India\u2019s <strong>sweet potato<\/strong> yield is just <strong>5 tonnes per hectare<\/strong>, which is much less than the potential of <strong>30<\/strong> tonnes per hectare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India to set up a regional wing of the Peru-based International Potato Center (CIP) with a focus on the potato and sweet potato. About International Potato Centre (CIP) It was founded in 1971 with a focus on the potato, sweet potato and Andean roots and tubers. 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