CSU (Colorado State University) researchers bring home (Fort Collins, USA) lessons from Peruvian farmers.
NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF GUARDIANS OF NATIVE POTATOS FROM CENTRAL PERU – (AGUAPAN), 2020-2022
For the first time, the annual meeting of the Association of Native Potato Guardians from Central Peru was held virtually on Thursday, September 17. It was to be their 6xth meeting and was planned for mid-June. The Agenda was: a)…
Participatory start-up workshop: Forage and Fallows Phase III
A collaborative Research project between three institutions Colorado State University, Grupo Yanapai and World Neighbors started in 2014 in Junín Ayacucho and Huancavelica has been granted a phase III named: Forage and Fallows Phase III: Assessing Options for Sustainable Soil…
Forum: Contributions to plan the landscape management of the Quilcas community
Sharing of results and experiences Within the framework of the Forages and Fallows II project: “Expanding the impacts of improved fallows and landscape management for soil fertility and ecosystem services” Grupo Yanapai, the University of Colorado State and the Quilcas…
Video: The importance of QUINUA in PERU – María Scurrah
THE AGRICULTURAL MAGAZINE held a meeting called “QUINUA: PRESENT AND FUTURE” where an x-ray was made on this nutritious Andean seed, which has great nutritional potential.
Participatory Varietal Selection Shortens the Distances for the National Launch of Biofortified Potatoes
In May 2017, indigenous farmers from five rural communities in the Yauli district of the Huancavelica region in Peru, harvested their fields with 17 potato clones with increased levels of iron and zinc, developed by the CIP as part of…
Video: Biofortified Potatoe Testimony
CIP 2019, Biofortified Potatoe, Testimony of Farmer of Castillapata
Potatoes fortified with iron and zinc for better nutrition for children in the Communities of Huancavelica
Yanapai has been working on Participative selection of biofortified clones with high iron and zinc content in communities of Ambato Huancavelica during the last 3 years as part of the project: Planting the Andean Diet: Escalating the use of Agrobiodiversity…
DELICIOUS POTATOES WITH IRON AND ZINC PROMISE TO IMPROVE HEALTH OF RURAL FAMILIES
May 11, 2018 Alicia Azorsa, a 19-year-old farmer from the community of Castillapata, located in the Andean highlands of Peru, is happy to grow and consume the nutritious native potatoes. She is one of approximately 140 Quechua-speaking farmers in the…
AGUAPAN – New model of self-organization to share benefits
10 farmers representing AGUAPAN from Huánuco, Huancavelica, Lima, Junín and Pasco, will Travel to Cusco to attend the World Potato Congress to share their experiences in growing diverse potato and to seek other enterprises that will support their Association and…