International Potato Center

International Potato Center
Centro Internacional de la Papa
Established	1971
Type	Research center
Location	Lima, Peru;
Coordinates	12°04′37″S 76°56′46″W / 12.07694°S 76.94611°W
Website	cipotato.org

The International Potato Center (known as CIP from its Spanish-language name Centro Internacional de la Papa) is a research facility based in Lima, Peru, that seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained basis in developing countries through scientific research and related activities on potato, sweet potato, other root and tuber crops, and on the improved management of natural resources in the Andes and other mountain areas.^[1]

^ "Vision, Mission, Values". cipotato.org. International Potato Center. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[mission-1] "Vision, Mission, Values". cipotato.org. International Potato Center. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

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