Citizen Science Monitoring of Native Potato Varieties in Colombia

Featuring information collected via the VarScout mobile application for monitoring native potato varieties at Colegio Cumbe, Cumbal, Colombia from 2023 to 2025. The data was gathered through a citizen science approach involving secondary school students and teachers in the Andean region of southern Colombia.

Use Cases

• Analyze potato variety data collected via the VarScout mobile application to track changes over the 2023-2025 monitoring period.
• Study the application of a citizen science approach involving secondary school students and teachers for agricultural monitoring.
• Investigate native potato variety characteristics in the Andean region of southern Colombia using data from the focused monitoring program.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a defined 2023-2025 time period.
• Data originates from a focused citizen science program involving specific participants (secondary school students and teachers).
• The dataset is associated with the International Potato Center Harvested Dataverse.

Limitations

• The specific number of rows, columns, and data fields is unknown.
• The dataset's geographic scope is limited to a single location (Colegio Cumbe, Cumbal, Colombia).
• Sample data and file formats are unavailable for preview.

Provenance

Source

International Potato Center Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Collected via the VarScout mobile application using a citizen science approach with secondary school students and teachers.

Time Range

2023-2025

Freshness

The dataset was last updated on 2026-01-12.

Geography

Colegio Cumbe, Cumbal, in the Andean region of southern Colombia.