The goal of the new potato expedition, organized by the Potato System magazine with the support of the Potato Union and the POTATOES NEWS portal, was the historical homeland of potatoes. On February 10, the expedition members set off for Peru.
The team of researchers included Vyacheslav Degovtsov and Dinar Kamaldinov (Wee Fry LLC), Marina Lebedeva (Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology), Sergey Banadysev (Doka Genetic Technologies LLC), Alexander Pylov (Agroprom LLC), Alexey Kovalev (Agroprom LLC), Agros"), Andrey and Elizaveta Voronenkov (KH "Vityaz"), Victor Kovalev (magazine "Potato System").
The expedition program includes a visit to the National Institute of Agrarian Research of Peru and the International Potato Center, a meeting with representatives of the Association of Guardians of Potatoes Growing in Peru (AGUAPAN), and an excursion to an enterprise for the production of chips from wild potato varieties.
The expedition will last from February 10 to 18, 2024. We will talk about all its significant events on the magazine’s website. You can discuss the trip and ask your questions to the participants in the “Agronomy” telegram chat, section "Travel to Peru".