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P a p a A n d i n acip-pandina@cgiar.orgInternational Potato Center Apartado 1558, Lima 12, Peru • Tel. +51 1 317 5351

CIP’S MISSION The International Potato Center (CIP) works with partners to achieve

food security and well-being and gender equity for poor people in

root and tuber farming and food systems in the developing world.

We do this through research and innovation in science, technology

and capacity strengthening.

CIP’S VISIONOur vision is roots and tubers improving the lives of the poor.

CIP is supported by a group of governments, private foundations, and

international and regional organizations known as the Consultative

Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).

www.cgiar.org

FUNDINGThe Papa Andina Initiative provides an umbrella to different projects

sharing its approaches and methodologies. Funding is principally

provided by the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC)

and the New Zealand’s International Aid and Development Agency

(NZAid).

www.papandina.org

C o n t a c t

Native potatoes: the Andean asset

Growing at high

altitudes (above

3300m) where

small-scale farmers

predominate, native

potatoes are an asset

for these farmers to

access new markets.

With their amazing

diversity, high

nutritional quality, and

healthy production

practices, native

potatoes represent a

quality product for

both food security and

income generation in

Andean communities.

Opportunities and challenges for small farmersFor small farmers in developing countries, these new market trends represent an opportunity to improve their living standards through access to high-value markets. Nonetheless, these trends defy traditional production and marketing systems of farming communities. In rural disadvantaged areas, a critical challenge is to improve small farmers’ access to dynamic markets for high-value food products. Such access can contribute to poverty reduction, food security, and a sustainable use of natural resources, including the preservation of biodiversity.

New context for agriculture developmentIn most regions of the world, agricultural development is taking place in a context of rapid urbanization and increasing market integration. Packaged food sales and supermarket retail outlets are developing very quickly. More and more urban consumers are looking for original, natural and healthy foods. Consciousness about sustainable production methods and ethical trade is also growing.

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What

P A P A A N D I N A

Papa Andina’s strategyIn the Andes, poverty is concentrated in mountain rural areas, where native potatoes grow best. The native potato market chain was therefore taken as the starting point by Papa Andina to improve small-scale farmers’ access to market. With its strategic research partners in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru, Papa Andina has developed participatory methodologies to foster pro-poor innovation in market chains. Results of its intervention include new products and marketing concepts, new production techniques as well as new norms, policies and partnerships. By involving its public and private partners in the innovation process, Papa Andina has strengthened capacities for innovation at local, national and international level.

From the Andes to the worldDesigned in the Andean context, the approaches and experiences of Papa Andina and its partners are constantly systematized and conceptualized into methodologies, with their application tools, so that they can be shared and applied in other contexts. Through alliances with CIP and other institutions, these methodologies have been used and validated with different market chains (sweetpotato, vegetable, milk, coffee) in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Their effectiveness and efficiency for improving competitiveness in market chain and linking small-scale farmers to new market opportunities have been recognized by researchers, development practitioners and policy makers.

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PERU

BOLIVIA

ImpactIn the Andean region, Papa Andina works in partnership with research organizations and NGOs, which in turn are working directly with 6,000 farmers and their families. Through its advocacy activities on public policies, Papa Andina generates relevant changes for the whole potato sector, which in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru employs an estimated 780,000 farming families.

Papa Andina is a regional initiative

coordinated by the International Potato Center

(CIP). Its main objective is to foster pro-poor

innovation in market chains in order to improve

food security and market access for small farmers,

and to reduce poverty. For this purpose,

Papa Andina develops, uses and promotes

participatory methodologies. By involving research

and development organizations, the business

sector, national public authorities and local farmers

in the innovation process, Papa Andina links

research with collective action to respond to

small-scale farmers’ concrete needs.

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