OlympicsMay 4, 2008
PERU: Preserving the Potato in Its Birthplace
“This task is ongoing and will not end, and also involves the dynamic conservation of the crop, through our work with rural communities. "The idea is to return their potatoes, their treasure, to them so that they can preserve the crop's biodiversity”
Thousands of varieties of potato , one of the most widely-eaten and well-known foods in the world, have been developed in the heart of South America's Andes mountains, where the crop was domesticated more than ... via Inter Press Service
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