Centro Experimental Kampenaike (Kampenaike Experimental Center) is an experimental farm in Magallanes Region owned and operated by Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA). It is located about 60 km northeast of Punta Arenas[1] and hosts the southernmost certified potato farm in World.[2] It is one of the two farms in operated by INIA Kampenaike, the local branch of INIA, the other is farm is a demonstrative unit in Puerto Natales.[3]

The name Kampenaike means "place of sheeps" in the indigenous Tehuelche language.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "En terrenos del Instituto de la Patagonia se podría construir el nuevo edificio del Inia". La Prensa Austral (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  2. ↑ "Chile: INIA prepara la cosecha más austral de papa semilla certificada". Argenpapa (in Spanish). 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  3. 1 2 "INIA Kampenaike – Región de Magallanes". Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-06.

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