date:May 06, 2016
Staff from the International Potato Center travelled to Jodhpur, India, as part of a project to find new areas of India in which to pilot potato programs. Jodhpur's arid landscape, the water table, and the warm days that fed into cool evenings were reminiscent of Gujarat - Indias most productive potato growing state, except that in Jodhpur and Jaisalmer no potatoes were grown.
The land was fertile and free of soil borne diseases, favorable conditions for potato cultivation. Despite the obvious