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Food | January 11, 2010 [ 17:44 ]
International demand increases for Peru's native potatoes
LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra
Native potatoes are known for their exquisite, unique taste, their great nutritional properties. And now their also experiencing an increased demand in local and foreign markets.
France and Venezuela are some of the countries already enthralled by these potatoes; since a few weeks ago, producers from eight communities in Pazos district (north of Huancavelica), began exporting the tuber, but processed into flakes.
“The Municipality of Pazos is financing these organic crops,” stressed the mayor of this district, Zacarías Huachos Mendez.
Currently, this production is profitable for the farmers, because they are paid on site more that they would get at local markets: they used to earn one sol per kilo, and now they receive between 1.50 and 1.80 soles per kilo.
“Native potatoes have remained unchanged during centuries,” says María Mayer de Scurrah, from the International Center for Potato. “In the future, this tuber's mission will be ensuring world feeding,” she says.
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Isabel Guerra
Native potatoes are known for their exquisite, unique taste, their great nutritional properties. And now their also experiencing an increased demand in local and foreign markets. France and Venezuela are some of the countries already enthralled by these potatoes; since a few weeks ago, producers from eight communities in Pazos district (north of Huancavelica), began exporting the tuber, but processed into flakes.
“The Municipality of Pazos is financing these organic crops,” stressed the mayor of this district, Zacarías Huachos Mendez.
Currently, this production is profitable for the farmers, because they are paid on site more that they would get at local markets: they used to earn one sol per kilo, and now they receive between 1.50 and 1.80 soles per kilo.
“Native potatoes have remained unchanged during centuries,” says María Mayer de Scurrah, from the International Center for Potato. “In the future, this tuber's mission will be ensuring world feeding,” she says.
Have news you'd like to see in LivinginPeru.com? Contribute an article, whether it's translated or based on your own reporting. Contact editor@livinginperu.com.
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