By Alex Spillius in Washington
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 16/04/2008
The potato has been touted as a solution to the global food crisis. Increasingly derided in the West for contributing to expanding waistlines, the vegetable is being rediscovered as a nutritious crop for the developing world.
Researchers at the International Potato Centre, in Lima, the Peruvian capital, suggested that the growing problem of food supply due to rising prices and the production of crops for biofuel rather than food could be alleviated by an increase in potato cultivation.
"The shocks to the food supply are very real and that means we could potentially be moving into a reality where there is not enough food to feed the world," said Pamela Anderson, the centre's director.
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