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Origin of the name "palta" for avocado

21/04/2025 Go to Evidence

Approximately 500 years have passed since the conquest of the Inca Tupac Yupanqui over the 'Palta Culture' settled in present-day Loja, Ecuador, an event that originated the most common name for avocado in South America and its diffusion in the Inca Empire (Velásquez, A., 2025).

500 años aproximadamente han pasado desde la conquista del Inca Tupac Yupanqui sobre la 'Cultura Palta' asentada en el actual Loja, Ecuador, evento que originó el nombre más usual para el aguacate en Sudamérica y su difusión en el Imperio Incaico (Velásquez, A., 2025).

Velásquez, A. (2025). Estudios arqueológicos del aguacate en Mesoamérica. Editorial Académica.

Country: Ecuador South America
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Fruit and vegetables, includes roots and tubers
Area: Territorial Management
Result: Productive diversification

Antiquity of potato cultivation in South America

21/04/2025 Go to Evidence

3,500 years old are the first documented potato crops in South America, a tuber that in the 17th century saved Europe from famine, becoming one of the main contributions of the New World to global food security (Velásquez, A., 2025).

3.500 años de antigüedad tienen los primeros cultivos documentados de papa en Sudamérica, tubérculo que en el Siglo XVII salvó de hambruna a Europa, convirtiéndose en uno de los principales aportes del Nuevo Mundo a la seguridad alimentaria global (Velásquez, A., 2025).

Velásquez, A. (2025). Estudios arqueológicos del aguacate en Mesoamérica. Editorial Académica.

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Europe (aggregate) South America
Sector: Fruit and vegetables, includes roots and tubers
Area: Associativity
Instrument: Plant genebanks
Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security

Silvopastoral transitions in Latin America

18/06/2024 Go to Evidence

Transitions to silvopastoral systems increase resilience, productive stability and ecosystem services in degraded soils, but reduce biodiversity by replacing native ecosystems (Picasso and Pizarro, 2024).

Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences

Springer Nature - Revista Agroforestry Systems

Tag: ClimateSmartAgriculture SustainableProductivity
Country: South America
Sector: Agri-environmental Sustainable Livestock
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Carbon capture and storage
Beneficiary: Agricultural producers
Result: Conservation and restoration of ecosystems Impact: Climate risk resilience