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CIP: Studying the potato’s water needs for more efficient irrigation

on March 3, 2020

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Water is essential for food production, with farming accounting for about 70 percent of global freshwater use, according to the International Potato Center (CIP).

As countries expand agriculture to feed the population of approximately 9.7 billion forecast for 2050,