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The Catalogue of Potato Varieties from Huancavelica, Peru

The Catalogue of Potato Varieties from Huancavelica, Peru . Maria Mayer Scurrah & Stef de Haan Grupo Yanapai Addis Ababa 23-25 Nov 2010. What should this In Situ Catalogue contain?. a . Explicit recognition of communities and farmers maintaining the diversity,

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The Catalogue of Potato Varieties from Huancavelica, Peru

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  1. The Catalogue of Potato Varieties from Huancavelica, Peru Maria Mayer Scurrah & Stef de Haan Grupo Yanapai Addis Ababa 23-25 Nov 2010

  2. What should this In Situ Catalogue contain? a. Explicit recognition of communities and farmers maintaining the diversity, b. inclusion of local ethnobotanical knowledge (nomenclature, histories, preparations), c. DNA fingerprint for protection and future (re)identification

  3. What should this In Situ catalogue contain ?cont. d. inclusion of text in the indigenous Quechua language.  e. Comply with law 27811 Informed consent f). Photographic images g) Taxonomic and agronmic data

  4. STEPS • Identify communities and farmer families • On farm : morphological characteristics and photography, ethnobotanical inquiry • In lab: Molecular Characterization, ploidy counts, species identification • Legal issues • Writing, design, printing. • (3 years)

  5. Value of catalogue (survey) • Farmer recognition and involvement: Proud to share knowledge • What varieties are grown (f&g) • Varieties can not be misappropriated . • Local knowledge complemented scientific knowledge (SF) • Tangible to next generation

  6. controversial • Incomplete. (dinamic) • Use of written quechua • Use of molecular markers • Names • Lack of information on resistance, tolerance, from scientific trials.

  7. Diversidad Morfológica en la Colección

  8. Conclusions • Preserves local knowledge and creates new knowledge • Diversity visible F&G • Prevents illicit apropiation • Baseline • Empowers and Recognizes farmers • Beyond de fragility of oral knowledge to the next generation • Alliance of scientists &farmer

  9. precipitated a range of new catalogues

  10. Gracias Thankyou Amesgenalehu

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