potato

With cereal prices soaring worldwide, an international conference opening today aims to tap the future food potential of the potato – which already produces more food on less land than maize, wheat or rice – as part of the United Nations International Year of the nutritious root.

A world photography contest to highlight the role of the potato, the planet’s fourth largest food source, in the fight against hunger and poverty was announced today by the United Nations agricultural agency, as part of 2008’s International Year dedicated to the tasty tuber.