Involved Countries: Georgia, Uzbekistan
Project Fund: 62,000
Project Donor(s): CIP-Core
Project Duration: 2005-2008
Project Partners: CIP
To improve quality of seed potatoes produced by the formal and informal sector in CAC. Evaluate cost-effective rapid multiplication techniques as part of seed-production schemes for potato. Role of positive and negative selection combined with disease-detection techniques evaluated and documented. TPS technology diffused in the highlands of CA. Potato pest and virus surveys implemented in at least one country (Uzbekistan).