Zikondwerero ndi nthawi yokumbukira zakale ndikuyang'ana zam'tsogolo. International Potato Center (CIP) posachedwapa idakondwerera tsiku lofunika - chaka cha 50 cha kukhazikitsidwa kwake. Pamwambo wotchedwa "Agrobiodiversity kwa anthu" adasonkhanitsa akatswiri ndi akatswiri ochokera padziko lonse lapansi kuti aganizire za gawo la dera la Andes posintha kachitidwe kazakudya potengera zamitundu yosiyanasiyana yazachilengedwe.
Chochitikacho chinasonkhanitsa okamba nkhani kuchokera ku CIP, CGIAR ndi ogwira nawo ntchito m'deralo omwe adayang'ana kwambiri za kufunikira kwa agro-biodiversity kuti ateteze chakudya ndi zakudya, kuphatikizika kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu mumsika wamsika ndi kuteteza chilengedwe.
CIP idapezanso mwayi wokhazikitsa mabuku awiri atsopano owonetsa momwe agro-biodiversity amathandizira pazakudya zathu. Mabuku apaderawa ndi zotsatira za mgwirizano wa ofufuza oposa 100, ophika ndi ojambula ochokera ku dera la Andes ndi kupitirira.
M'mawu ake olandirira, Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa CIP, Barbara Wells, adatsindika kuti kupita patsogolo kwa majini komwe kumatsogolera ku mizu yabwino ndi ma tubers, komanso machitidwe a agro-zakudya, adatheka chifukwa cha agro-biodiversity. Pogogomezera ntchito yoteteza, Wells adati CIP genebank imapereka zinthu zopitilira 5000 chaka chilichonse kuthandiza alimi kupanga mbatata zopatsa thanzi komanso zothana ndi nyengo.
"Kupyolera mu mgwirizano ndi kulimbikitsana ndi anthu ogwira nawo ntchito m'mayiko komanso mabungwe apadera, CIP yathandiza alimi ang'onoang'ono oposa mamiliyoni awiri kuti awonjezere zokolola zawo ndi mitundu yathu ya mbatata," adatero Wells.