We were looking for a country on South America's Pacific coast. Among its notable accomplishments -- it's the ancestral home of the potato.
The answer is Peru.
And it turns out that the potato is not only a part of Peru's history. It may also play a vital rule in its future. Yes, the humble spud could provide an answer to Peru's long-standing problems of hunger and poverty.
The BBC's Dan Collyns reports from Ayacucho, Peru.
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