America's space agency, NASA, and the Peruvian International Potato Center (CIP), are carrying out joint experiments to test the possibility of growing the Peruvian tuber in Martian soil, according to a new report by BBC World. Regarding the nutritional qualities of the potato, CIP says:
Segons un article de BBC Mundo, l'agència espacial americana, NASA, i el Centre Internacional de la Papa (CIP), del Perú, estan portant a terme experiments comuns per avaluar la possibilitat de cultivar el tubercle peruà al terra marcià.