Leonardo Timoteo, a potato planter, presents the potatoes at the International Media Center of annual APEC forum in Lima, capital of Peru, on November 16, 2008. Potato originates in South America and is one of the crops most widely cultivated around the world. This year is identified as the year of Potato by the 60th United Nations General Assembly. Peruvian Agriculture Ministry sets up the exhibition at the IMC of APEC. The 21 member economies began their annual forum, called the 16th APEC Leaders' Week, in Lima on Sunday with the start of a two-day senior officials' meeting. (Xinhua) |