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Potato diversity

12/07/2023
60% of the 6,000 potato varieties described in the world are found in Peru, with a total of 3,000 types.
Cita Perú cuenta con el 60% (3000) de las 6000 variedades de papas descritas en el mundo.
Fuente Papa, milenario producto andino. Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo de Comercio Exterior de la Cámara de Comercio de Lima. 2018. Consultado el 12 jul. 2023. Disponible en: https://www.camaralima.org.pe/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Papa-milenario-producto-andino-1.pdf

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