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Getinet, H.

Lemaga, B.

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Deploying nutritious climate-smart potatoes ContactBerga Lemaga; CIP, Ethiopia; b.lemaga@cgiar.orgHirut Getinet; CIP, Ethiopia; h.getinet@cgiar.org Outcomes1. Rising incomes• More productive and adapted potato varieties, with crop yields up by >100%• Commercial seed producers very successful, driving youth employment.2. Increasing adoption of improved varieties• Five of the 30+ varieties released have been adopted by farmers nationally.• Farmer-preferred crop traits added to varietal selection criteria,          speeding up adoption.• Drought-tolerant and heat-resistant varieties currently being tested           with farmers.Expected outcomes by 2022• Further >40% increase in potato yield using newly selected late blight resistant clones.• ≈ 60,000 households adopting improved varieties.• ≈ 20,000 households improving food security during the ‘hunger months’.• >1.3% increase in national potato production under improved                      seed and management.This document is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. [May 2019]ApproachThe International Potato Center works      directly with small-scale farmers in theAmhara; Oromia; Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) and Tigray regions. Its teams strengthen capacity of national researchers to undertake:• Demand-driven varietal development, adaptation and dissemination through a quality seed production and distribution network. • ‘Training of farmer trainers’ on good agricultural practices.• Supplemental training for cooperatives to address seed-health related quality issues.• Monitoring to ensure equal access to seed and knowledge for women.• Coordination and knowledge sharing  through multi-stakeholder innovation platforms, workshops, fairs, training, etc.Future steps• With national partners, increase provision of affordable, improved potato technologies equitably to men and women farmers.• Strengthen national capacity for varietal development supporting climate-resilience of farmers.Context• Many of the 4 million potato farmers in Ethiopia struggle to feed their families.• Rising temperatures, rainfall variability, pests and diseases further threaten yields. • Improved potatoes and better agricultural practices could help farmers adapt to more challenging growing conditions.• Potato is ideal in difficult conditions:   water efficient, matures quickly and can  be harvested during the hungry season.More productive and adapted potato varieties, with crop yields>100%UP BYvarieties released adopted by farmers nationally30+FIVEOF THECIP thanks all donors and organizations which globally support its work through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fundin national potato production under improved seed and management1.3%INCREASEBY 2022,

Deploying nutritious climate-smart potatoes.

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Deploying nutritious climate-smart potatoes.

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