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13INTERNATIONAL EDITION 2015 SPUDSMART.COM Greg Forbes is leading the International Potato Research Centers agile potato diversification initiative in Asia. He says the goal is to develop new high-quality varieties that can be grown in a shorter period of time and are more stress-resistant. PHOTO INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER. potentially grow in these areas existing varieties dont do well in them according to Forbes. Forbes says CIP plans to take an integrated approach with its Asian projects in an effort to maximize resources. Part of being more strategic about it is if something works really well we can have a network in place to try and move it somewhere else quickly rather than having more independent projects around the region he says. CIP TO INTENSIFY EFFORTS CIPs results to date in Asia could be just the start of things to come. Ortiz says Asia is one of his organizations strategic geographical targets for the next decade and it plans to intensify its activities in the Asian region. If the project is ultimately successful it could go a long way in providing greater food security in Asias more impoverished regions Ortiz notes. By diversifying there is the possibility of making those countries less dependent and farmers less dependent on rice and cereals in general. We are not going to change the cereal-based system in Asia. They are going to continue with rice or wheat. But we want to introduce and intensify in a sustainable way another crop that provides additional income and food on the same available land.