Ene 5, 2015
Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru's Andes | Truthout
The Quechua Indians are worried about threats to their potato crops from alterations in rainfall patterns and temperatures.
CGIAR Climate's insight:
An alliance combining scientific innovation with traditional Quechua know-how is taking shape to preserve Andean potato varieties. It includes the Asociación Andes, CIP and the Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security(CCAFS) of the CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres.
While the search is on for crop varieties that can be grown on arid, high-altitude land, native farmers are receiving assistance in the Parque de la Papa to adapt their crops.