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juni 20, 2008
T'ikapapa: Linking urban consumers and small-scale Andean producers with potato biodiversity
Document written by Ordinola, M., T. Bernet and K. Manrique. Papa Andina Initiative. 2008 (PDF file;6.2 MB). Content There is vast biodiversity of potato in the Peruvian highlands, which is not being made sufficient use of on a sustainable basis. Mos...
juni 17, 2008
Peru: Senasa presenta proyecto para combatir el gorgojo de los Andes
En el Presupuesto Participativo del año fiscal 2009 del Gobierno Regional de Puno se debe priorizar una partida para implementar el Proyecto “Manejo Integrado del Gorgojo de los Andes de la Papa en el Sur de la Región Puno”, ello con el propósito de ga...
juni 04, 2008
Guia de la buenas practicas de procesamiento para la produccion artesanal de la tunta
Esta guía tiene por finalidad difundir las “buenas prácticas de procesamiento” (BPP) para la elaboración artesanal de la tunta, con el propósito de promover la producción de alimentos que no constituyan un riesgo para la salud y cumplan con las carac...
juni 04, 2008
Peru offers emergency credit for poor potato farmers to offset rising farming costs
President Alan Garcia says his government will offer Peru's potato farmers an emergency microcredit amid rising farming costs. Garcia told reporters that the program would provide financial aid to potato farmers dealing with the rising prices of fertil...
juni 03, 2008
Peru and Chile each lay claim to being the home of the potato
Peru and Chile, long-time rivals, are each laying claim to the humble vegetable, which experts agree is indigenous to South America and was spread to Europe by Spanish colonists in the 16th century. At stake is the reflected glory of being the home of ...
mei 28, 2008
Chile y Perú se pelean por el origen de la papa
Chile y Perú, enfrentados desde hace meses por un conflicto de límites marítimos que aún aguarda un fallo en La Haya, y desde mucho antes por la autoría del pisco, inauguraron esta semana un nuevo diferendo al enfrentarse por la propiedad del origen d... Sponsored Content
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mei 19, 2008
Peru: women are the guardians of potato diversity
In South America’s Andes mountain region, indigenous women have traditionally been responsible for selecting, conserving and managing seed potatoes from the countless native varieties of the crop, thus ensuring diversity and continued production while ...
april 29, 2008
PERU: Preserving the Potato in Its Birthplace
Peru is home to the world’s biggest germplasm bank of potatoes, containing seeds, tissue culture and plants from 5,000 varieties. The biologists, geneticists and agronomic engineers working with the non-profit International Potato Centre (CIP), which b...
februari 28, 2008
Making the most of potato patrimony
Mention potatoes in the United States and most people immediately think of Idaho, where more than a quarter of the country's crop is produced. In Europe, Ireland and its famine or Poland and its vodkas come to mind. But nowhere is prouder of its potato...
februari 08, 2008
Peru's potato passion goes global
At harvest time in the highland village of Paucho, the first crop of potatoes are baked in a hole in the ground covered with hot rocks, in a ceremony called Watia - a homage to Pacha Mama, or Mother Earth. For thousands of years, the potato has been th...
januari 26, 2008
Sierra Exportadora introducira el consumo de “papapan” en cuarteles del Peru
El presidente Ejecutivo de Sierra Exportadora, Gastón Benza Pflucker, informó que están trabajando para introducir el papapan o pan de papa en los programas de alimentación de los cuarteles de las Fuerzas Armadas. Para el efecto Benza Pflucker soste...
januari 15, 2008
Produccion de papa en Peru podria duplicarse por demanda industrial
La papa, tubérculo que se consume mayoritariamente frito en el país, puede retomar parte del esplendor que tuvo en la alimentación de los Incas. ¿La razón? Muy simple, pasaría a reemplazar parcialmente al trigo dentro de la producción de alimentos indu...
december 15, 2007
Branston Ltd. helps save rare peruvian potatoes
Branston Ltd, the UK's biggest potato producer, has donated £9,000 to set up a potato park in Peru, the historic home of the vegetable.Many indigenous potato varieties have been ravaged by disease and conflict. The move is designed to bring hope to co...
december 07, 2007
Peruvian potato project Tikapapa wins BBC World Challenge 2007
The Peruvian potato project T’ikapapa has been chosen as the winner of The World Challenge 2007, a global competition promoted by the BBC and Newsweek magazine, in association with Shell. Make sure you watch BBC World this weekend to see coverage fro...
december 07, 2007
Se inicia el foro "Conozcamos a T'ikapapa"
T'ikapapa, iniciativa que acaba de ganar el primer puesto en la competencia mundial The World Challenge 2007, promovida por la BBC de Londres y la revista Newsweek con el auspicio de Shell, dispone ahora de su foro propio. Dicho foro tiene como objet...
oktober 31, 2007
Collective Action for Innovation and Small Farmer Market Access: The Papa Andina Experience
This paper reports on how the Papa Andina Regional Initiative is promoting the use of collective action to reduce poverty in the Andes, by developing market niches and adding value to potatoes, particularly the native potatoes grown by poor farmers.
oktober 18, 2007
Agrobanco financiara la instalacion de una fabrica de pure de papa en Peru
El presidente del Banco Agropecuario (Agrobanco), Víctor Noriega, señaló hoy que su institución estará en capacidad de colocar hasta 1,000 millones de nuevos soles en créditos de primer y segundo piso para los agricultores durante el año 2008.