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ICIPE - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

Potatoes

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ICIPE's mission is to help alleviate poverty, ensure food security and improve the overall health status of peoples of the tropics, by developing and extending management tools and strategies for harmful and useful arthropods, while preserving the natural resource base through research and capacity building.
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Kenyan farmers examine freshly harvested PCN-resistant potatoes, Malaika and Glen, developed by The James Hutton Institute to improve yields and support food security.
Septiembre 02, 2025
James Hutton Institute Introduces Malaika and Glen Potato Varieties to Combat Devastating Pest in Kenya
The James Hutton Institute introduced two PCN-resistant potato varieties, Malaika and Glen, in Kenya. Developed with international partners, they boost yields, support food security, and meet local farmers’ needs for fast-cooking, low-dormancy potatoes.
Empowering African Plant Protection Agencies to Combat Devastating Potato Pest
Agosto 11, 2025
African Plant Protection Agencies Unite to Combat Devastating Potato Pest Threat
IITA, FAO & partners equip 12 African nations to detect/manage Potato Cyst Nematodes, a pest slashing yields & threatening trade, via training, diagnostics, awareness & regional cooperation to protect farmers’ livelihoods & potato production.
Destructive potato cyst nematodes meet their match in the banana-fiber paper
Marzo 08, 2022
Paper made from banana waste prevents potato cyst nematode damage
With potato production in East Africa under increasing threat from the invasive and highly destructive potato cyst nematode (PCN) pest, an organic technology developed from banana plant waste material may well be the ultimate rescue.