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Genetically Protected Potatoes: the Incas’ crop heritage

In the Sacred Valley, Quechua communities created a Potato Park. In collaboration with the largest state-of-the-art in vitro gene bank in the world, they are racing to record and grow the genetic diversity of native potatoes; to ensure that it does not vanish as suddenly as the Inca Empire.

Will they succeed to protect one billion people against monoculture, diseases, desertification and climate change?

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