CIP Report 2020 — Build, Innovate, Transform: Collaborative solutions for global challenges
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need to transform food systems to achieve food security, improve nutrition and put healthy diets within reach of all.
With the global population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, climate change already challenging our ability to produce enough food and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need for the sustainable transformation of agri-food systems has never been greater.
The transformation of root and tuber agri-food systems — the foundation of food security for over 300 million across Asia, Africa and Latin America — should be an essential component of this process. Increasingly important in developing responses to climate change, population growth and urbanization, root and tuber crops such as potato and sweet potato contribute essential micronutrients for mothers and young children.
The International Potato Center (CIP) is tapping the potential of potato and sweet potato to:
- Boost food and nutrition security
- Catalyze inclusive income opportunities
- Reduce excessive agrochemical use and conversion of natural areas into farmland
This report, structured under the headings Build, Innovate and Transform, offers examples of CIP's key achievements in 2020. It illustrates the essential role of partnerships with governments, businesses, NGOs, international organizations and research institutions in enabling cutting edge research and wide-scale adoption of innovations.