Project: Climate Resilient and Responsible Innovations in Potato

Acronym	CRRIsP (Reference Number: FOSC-180)
Duration	01/06/2021 - 31/05/2024
Project Topic	The events of climate change e.g. increasing temperatures, erratic rainfall, will lead to new or more severe abiotic and biotic stresses challenges in potato production systems globally, which are likely to affect the crops entire value chain. The consequences are lower - or even total loss of potato crop yield and the effects will differ in different agro-ecologies. An understanding of the effect Climate change will have on Potato value chains will allow mitigation steps be undertaken from the perspectives of breeding agronomy and socioeconomic adaptations. The research consortia aims to add value on the state of the art knowledge by i) analyzing trade-offs and synergies of developed innovations and their applicability to different farming, market and food systems, ii) deploying innovative tools and solutions in variety development, seed systems, agronomy, post-harvest loss reduction alongside mutual capacity building, iii) engagement in knowledge exchange and dissemination on production, storage, market and value chain related topics and iv) develop and disseminate training and communication material for different audiences from lab to fork. Given the scope and time-frame of the project, partners identified specific case studies for the generation of results to be used for the assessment of their respective transferability and scalability. Overall, we envision that the use of this innovative approach and new knowledge products helps to accelerate the innovation process that is needed to achieve sustainable local and regional, environmentally friendly, economically viable and socially inclusive potato system approaches that significantly contribute towards the overarching goal of achieving resilient food security under changing climates.
Network	FOSC
Call	1st FOSC Joint Cofund Call

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	TH Bingen	Coordinator	Germany
2	Teagasc	Partner	Ireland
3	Wageningen University and Research	Partner	Netherlands
4	Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization	Partner	Kenya
5	University of Johannesburg	Partner	South Africa