Centro Internacional de la Papa | |
| Established | 1971 |
|---|---|
| Type | Research center |
| Headquarters | Lima, Peru |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 12°04′37″S 76°56′46″W / 12.07694°S 76.94611°W |
| Leader | Simon Heck |
Parent organization | CGIAR |
| 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]