One of the pleasures of going to SIRGEALC is looking at the posters. I especially like the ones which feature photographs of agrobiodiversity along with the required graphs and tables. Here are some impressions: Opuntia and tomatoes from Mexico, potatoes from Peru and chickens from Chile.
One of the themes of the meeting was the development of lesser-known native agrobiodiversity, especially fruits. Here’s an example of value-adding and marketing of native fruits from the prize-winning agro-ecotourism project in Cotacachi, Ecuador, about which we’ve blogged before.
In fact, Physalis seems to be a really up-and-coming fruit in its native continent. It was also on sale in dry form in Chile (along with other, more familiar, fruits).
