Potato: order of merit
Two well-known researchers of the International Potato Center (CIP) in Lima, Peru were decorated with the Order of Merit of the Diplomatic Service of Peru Jos? Gregorio Paz Sold?n by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Dr. Oscar Ma?rtua De Roma?a, on 30 May 2006
during celebrations to mark the National Day of the Potato.
Professor Carlos Ochoa Nieves and Dr. Alberto Salas L?pez are both plants taxonomists of international renown, who have practically devoted their lives to research on the potato in Peru.
So says a May 31, 2006 writeup by The Potato Musuem. Further details are available from The International Potato Center.
(Thanks to Maddalena Feliciello for bringing the museum to our attention.)