Hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Peru i kēlā me kēia makahiki Lā Uala Kahiki (Lā Uala Kahiki).
I kēia mau lā, ʻo ka ʻuala kekahi o nā meaʻai maʻamau a maʻamau a loaʻa ma kahi kokoke i nā meaʻai āpau o ka honua. ʻOiai ʻokoʻa ka mōʻaukala o kona helehelena, ka mahiʻai ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā me kēia lāhui, akā ua like ka manaʻo o kēia moʻomeheu i nā wahi āpau - ua aloha ka ʻuala a lilo i huahana lehulehu ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Akā ma Peru ʻaʻole aloha wale kēia mea kanu, eia lākou he ʻano kūikawā iā ia. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo kaʻuala he hoʻoilina moʻomeheu ma kēia ʻāina a he haʻaheo lāhui o nā Peruvians. Kāhea ʻia ʻo ia ma aneʻi ma ke ʻano he "makuakāne". ʻAʻole ia he mea hūnā ʻo ka ʻāina hānau o kaʻuala ʻo ʻAmelika Hema, a koi ka poʻe Peruvians aia ia i ko lākou ʻāina i hōʻike ʻia ma kahi o 8 tausani mau makahiki i hala. Ma ke ala, i Peru aia ma mua o 3 tausani mau laha o kēia tuber, a ma aneʻi wale nō e ulu nei ka nui o nā ʻano holoholona hihiu.
Wahi a ka Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MINAGRI) o ka ʻāina, he waiwai waiwai nui kaʻuala e pono e pale a hoʻomohala ʻia. Ma nā wahi he 19 o ka ʻāina, aia he 700 mau mahina ʻai i ʻoi aku ka nui, a ʻo kā lākou nui o ka hana ʻana i ka ʻuala ma kahi o 5 miliona mau tona i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻAʻole kēia he mea kupanaha, no ka mea, ʻo ka pae o ka ʻai ʻana i kaʻuala ma Peru ma kahi o 90 kilokika ma kēlā me kēia capita i kēlā me kēia makahiki (ʻo ia wale nō ka haʻahaʻa iki i nā hōʻailona Lūkini - ma kahi o 110-120 kg o kēlā me kēia kanaka i kēlā me kēia makahiki).
Akā he nui aku nā ʻano o kēia mea kanu ma aneʻi - ma kahi kokoke i kahi supermarket kūloko hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai a 10 mau ʻano o kaʻuala, ʻokoʻa ka nui, ke kala, ke ʻano a me ke kumu, a ʻike ka poʻe Peruvians pehea e kuke ai i ka nui.
Hoʻohui ʻia, ma Peru, kokoke i kēlā me kēia hale hōʻikeʻike nā lumi o kaʻuala, a ma ke kapitala, ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lima, kahi o ka International Potato Center kahi e mālama ai a mālama ʻia ai nā mea he nui āpau - ma kahi o 4 tausani mau laʻana o nā ʻano ʻokoʻa o kēia mea kanu. i mahi ʻia i ka Andes, a me nā kaukani he 1,5 o nā ʻano i ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau ʻohana hihiu o kaʻuala.
ʻO ka lā hoʻomaha pono'ī, ma keʻano he lā aupuni, ua hoʻokumuʻia i ka makahiki 2005 me ka manaʻo e hoʻonui i ka uluʻana o kaʻaiʻana i kēiaʻano mea kanu i ka'āina, a hoʻolauleʻaʻia hoʻi ma ka pae'āina. ʻO ka maʻa mau, ʻo ka papahana ʻoliʻoli o ka Lā Potato e komo pū me nā ʻahamele he nui, nā hoʻokūkū, nā hoʻolauleʻa lehulehu a me nā mea ʻono i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no nā ʻuala, i kū maoli i nā kihi a pau o ka ʻāina.