A potato producer holds a varity of native potato at a local market in Lima on May 31, 2017.
Potatoes, one of the world's largest food crops, are believed to have first been cultivated by the Inca Indians in the region of modern-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia around 8,000 to 5,000 BC. Peru is the largest producer of potatoes in Latin America. / AFP PHOTO / Ernesto BENAVIDES        (Photo credit should read ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)