Midagri will promote the production of biofortified potatoes and the prevention of Tropical Fusarium Race 4

Published 2025년 2월 19일

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Minister Ángel Manero Campos of Peru has signed two significant agreements to enhance the diet of Peruvians and protect plantain and banana crops from disease. The first agreement will fund the 'iron-fortified potato project', which aims to reduce anemia through the promotion of potato varieties rich in iron. The project will receive $253,330 from the International Potato Center and partners. The second agreement, funded by $303,500, will focus on preventing Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 4 Tropical in plantain and banana crops, a global issue that supports small producers economically. These initiatives are part of the agricultural sector's efforts to provide better services and support to small producers.

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The Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Ángel Manero Campos, signed two important agreements, the first to strengthen the diet of Peruvians with potatoes fortified naturally with iron and the second, consisting of actions for the prevention of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 4 Tropical in plantain and banana crops. “This is a happy day for Peru, in which we can make history, because we will value work that has been going on for a long time with two extremely important products: fortified potatoes, which give us hope of having a solution to anemia, which is related to food security and which offers important financial sustainability for small producers because it opens very large markets; and fusarium, which seeks to solve a global problem of plantain and banana,” he said. These are the awards of the “iron-fortified potato project to contribute to the reduction of anemia” and the “innovation project for the prevention and management of tropical Fusarium race 4 ...

Source: AgroPeru