The article studies the process of “resurgence” of the potato (Solanum tuberosum), understood as its universalized consumption during the past century due to its reappearance on the global food scenario, which, in turn, led to a certain change of identity and redefinition. The article holds that the potato has been adapted, assimilated, and integrated into the current food sufficiency needs in various ways, for example, the fast food industry. Adopting a long-term historical view, the paper also examines the different meanings of the potato, on the basis of the opinions of chroniclers, travelers, and scholars, questioning their unanimous appreciations or prejudices regarding the potato. In recent years, the potato, together with wheat, corn...
French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Pommes de terre plus saines et plus nutritives con...
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an Andean food that has become a product for global consumption. For ...
The yield of new potato cultivars is higher and their resistance to late blight contributes signific...
The potato is a food that allows us to understand the settlement process and the development of comp...
Este artículo estudia el proceso de “resurgencia” de la papa (Solanum tuberosum), entendida como uni...
[EN] Could a potato change the world? Of course not! Nevertheless, this tuber that spends a big par...
The Cubio, Nabo, Mauja or Mashua, is a prehispanic Andean tuber that contributed to the food in the ...
Este artículo tiene como propósito mostrar que en la cuantificación del costo de producción de la pa...
This study analyses the knowledge and the traditional use of two species of American origin, which a...
The author of this article considered that a thorough understanding of the ritual reference to crops...
The mexican producers of fresh potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.), currently say that an increase in co...
Actualmente los productores mexicanos de papa fresca (Solanum tuberosum L.) sostienen que un aumento...
The author of this article considered that a thorough understanding of the ritual reference to crops...
Versión en inglés disponible en la Biblioteca Digital del IDRC: Healthier and more nutritious potato...
The food culture of a society is the way in which social groups have historically classified, valued...
French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Pommes de terre plus saines et plus nutritives con...
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an Andean food that has become a product for global consumption. For ...
The yield of new potato cultivars is higher and their resistance to late blight contributes signific...
The potato is a food that allows us to understand the settlement process and the development of comp...
Este artículo estudia el proceso de “resurgencia” de la papa (Solanum tuberosum), entendida como uni...
[EN] Could a potato change the world? Of course not! Nevertheless, this tuber that spends a big par...
The Cubio, Nabo, Mauja or Mashua, is a prehispanic Andean tuber that contributed to the food in the ...
Este artículo tiene como propósito mostrar que en la cuantificación del costo de producción de la pa...
This study analyses the knowledge and the traditional use of two species of American origin, which a...
The author of this article considered that a thorough understanding of the ritual reference to crops...
The mexican producers of fresh potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.), currently say that an increase in co...
Actualmente los productores mexicanos de papa fresca (Solanum tuberosum L.) sostienen que un aumento...
The author of this article considered that a thorough understanding of the ritual reference to crops...
Versión en inglés disponible en la Biblioteca Digital del IDRC: Healthier and more nutritious potato...
The food culture of a society is the way in which social groups have historically classified, valued...
French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Pommes de terre plus saines et plus nutritives con...
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an Andean food that has become a product for global consumption. For ...
The yield of new potato cultivars is higher and their resistance to late blight contributes signific...