Native Potatoes from Ayacucho Seek Official Recognition as an Origin Product

With the aim of strengthening the valuation of sustainable local products through the strategic use of intellectual property tools, the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) will provide specialized advisory services to native potato producers in the Ayacucho region, so they can achieve official recognition of designation of origin or geographical indication, as appropriate. This is within the framework of the international AL-INVEST Verde DPI project, funded by the European Union and executed by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The official launch of this program was held in the Ayacucho region, where a technical mission from Indecopi's Distinctive Signs Directorate traveled to hold meetings with involved actors and visit emblematic cultivation zones in Condorccocha and Pariahuanca. As part of the day's activities, a public presentation of the project was carried out, which included an ...