AGUAPAN (Asociación de Guardianes de Papa Nativa del Centro del Perú)
HQ 🇵🇪 Peru · 1 project tracked
website ↗AGUAPAN: The Andean Potato Guardians
Food & Farming🇵🇪 Peru
Quechua and mestizo highland farmers organized into a self-governed association to keep thousands of native Andean potato varieties alive in the ground, not just in gene banks.
101familiesFarmer families conserving potato landraces
9regionsRegions of Peru involved
50varietiesMinimum native potato varieties conserved per guardian household