The potato is the world’s fourth-most important crop after rice, wheat and maize, and the first among non-grains. How could an Andean tuber persuade the world, in just a few centuries, to adopt it so completely? Diego Arguedas Ortiz, a science and climate change reporter for BBC Future, explains in this great article, published by BBC Travel: What made the potato so irresistible was its unrivalled nutritional value.
‘Nutritional giant, friend of peasants, rulers and sages’: How the humble potato changed the world
