Increase potato yields by 30% - the goal of the new five-year CIP program in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan intends to increase the yield of potatoes produced by at least 30%, Podrobno.uz reports, citing data from the Multimedia Center of the Ministry of Agriculture. The Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan and the International Potato Center (CIP) are launching a five-year program “Improving food security and climate resilience in Uzbekistan through breeding and seed production of potatoes and sweet potatoes”. Within its framework, this year, the country will launch the Center for Advanced Research and Development of Potato Growing. The adverse effects of climate change on agricultural productivity underscore the need to develop and expand new varieties of potatoes and sweet potatoes. They are two ideal crops for food and income for large, medium and especially small farmers. These two crops have excellent potential in Uzbekistan as high-yielding, drought-tolerant and stress-tolerant crops with increased soil salinity, rational use of water and nutrient crops with high ...