A fork in the road to Rio: Peru
24 May 2012 | Permalink [1]
Meet the Quechua farmers of the Potato Park in Peru, who are conserving 1345 varieties of local potatoes and have established a database with traditional associated knowledge supported by the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. This is the fourth story in our 'Fork in the Road' series as part of our Rio+20 campaign [2].
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Filed under: Announcements [8], Conferences & Events [9], Sustainable agriculture [10]See also: Peru [11], Rio+20 [12], smallholder farmers [13], Sustainable Agriculture [14]
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- [3] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=5737
- [4] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/farmer_stories/a_fork_in_the_road_to_rio_peru.html
- [5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l54Up2VFEB0&feature=player_embedded
- [6] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/campaigns/ontheroadtorioplus20.html
- [7] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/farmer_stories/a_fork_in_the_road_to_rio_nepal.html
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- [13] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/smallholder farmers
- [14] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/sustainable agriculture