Jul 13, 2016International Potato Center annual report now available
The International Potato Center‘s Annual Report 2015 is now available online. The report features research highlights, information on financials and links to publications, as well as statements from Barabara Wells, director general, and Rodney Cooke, chair of the board of trustees.
Wells wrote, “In promising research coming out of Uganda, CIP has seen positive results from confined field trials with late blight resistant potatoes using transgenic events with the 3 R genes in two popular potato varieties. Attaining durable late blight resistance has been a goal of potato research for decades and initial results from 2015 indicate that we are close to overcoming it.”
The report discusses the organizatin’s alignment with 11 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations General Assembly, including ending povery, eliminating hunger and life on land.
To view the CIP Annual Report, visit the International Potato Center website.
