NEWS & STORIES
Svalbard seed vault to take Peruvian potato samples
February 17, 2011
Farmers in the Potato Park in Cusco, Peru, are sending 1,500 varieties of potatoes to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to safeguard the tubers' future. The samples will be stored in a vault inside a mountain, which aims to protect the world's food crop species against natural and human disasters, and promote the conservation of biodiversity and seed preservation.
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In highland Peru a culture confronts blight
March 3, 2008
In remote farms in the Andes Mountains, elevated thousands of feet above sea level, climate change is threatening a crop that is part of the region's identity: the potato. Indigenous farmers in Peru are combating climate change by diversifying the varieties of potatoes planted in the Potato Park.
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Peru’s potato passion goes global
February 8, 2008
For thousands of years, the potato has been the staple diet of the people of the Andes. Today, the agriculture minister, Ismael Benavidas, says the native potato is still the answer for combating food insecurity throughout Peru.
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