(Article taken from RPP Noticias)
The Organization of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has declared 2008 International Year of the Potato ", upon accepting the Peruvian initiative presented at the 33 ° Session of the General Conference, held in Rome, informed the Foreign Ministry.
This national initiative, according to the Foreign Ministry in that year will allow special meetings are made at the international, regional and national levels to promote cultivation and consumption of potatoes.
According to information provided by the Ambassador of Peru in Italy, Harold Forsyth Mejia, the resolution focuses world attention on the potential role of the Andean tuber alluded to provide food security and poverty alleviation in rural areas.
On the other hand, the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources Food and Agriculture, has included the potato from the list of protected crops in order to ensure sustainable use of genetic material associated with it. RECOMMENDED
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