TRADE AND MARKET I NG Famous Chuño provides Peruvian growers with better income The indigenous potato varieties are still a premium in the market and very popular among the local population. due to competition with other products such as rice, spaghetti and quinoa. Nevertheless, the indigenous potato varieties are still a premium in the market and very popular among the local population. On the market in Arequipa, at the end of May, the indigenous varieties achieve between 1.30 and 2.5 soles (between 30 and 55 eurocents) per kilogram. Chuño helps growers to fulfil their dreams, with from left to right: Francesca Flores Calle (Trias), Romain Cools, German Saldaña, Lieve Van Elsen, Christina Fonseca (CIP) and Leoncio Pichikua Quito. Climate change requires freezer room The village of Kishuara has the first Belgapom-sponsored Chuño factory in the world. Director German Saldaña, Chairman Leoncio Pichikua Quito and the villagers welcome the group warmly in the traditional manner with songs and dancing. As the days are short at the end of May, after the festivities, he hurries to take the group to the new location. Van Elsen announces that the total investment in the project amounted to 140,000 euros, of which the Belgian delegation has raised 14,000 euros for the realisation of the freezer room. This freezer room is important, because climate change has made that the nights in the Peruvian winter are often not cold enough to freeze the potatoes, a primary condition 20 Potato World 2019 • number 1 Pagina 19
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