Session 5

Alfonso del Rio, University of Wisconsin Madison

Alfonso will be presenting on the importance of genetic diversity for climate change. He will share the experience of the International Potato Center in Cuzco, Peru, as well as in Africa and Central America.

(Technology and Institutions)

Eve Emshwiller, University of Wisconsin Madison

Ethnobotany Evolution and conservation of diversity of crop plants and their wild relatives under human influence, integrating systematic botany, ethnobotany, and conservation genetics will be discussed. Research about cultural significance about the Oca potato for the diet and farming system of millions of Quechua and Aymara subsistence farmers in the Central Andes will be shared.

(Technology and Human Behavior, Perceptions and Attitudes)