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title = "The recovery of the Old limachino tomato: History, findings, lessons, challenges and perspectives",
abstract = "In this chapter we present a brief summary of several aspects related to the recovery of the Old Limachino Tomato, a specie cultivated in the Limache Basin located in the Valpara{\'i}so Region, Chile. What is very interesting in relation to this specie is that it disappeared completely of the market 45 years ago! We highlight both technical and commercial aspects associated with its recovery. In particular, the project behind this huge endeavor has returned to the table of the Chileans a fruit with high healthy and functional qualities. In addition, its strong connection with a specific territory makes it very desirable for consumers. However, issues related to the protection of the Peasant Family Farming of the cultivation area and the improvement of post-harvest quality are key to guarantee the sustainability of the business. In particular, we claim that in a sustainable agriculture development perspective, there is an urgent need to increase the tolerance of this species to salinity stress in order to increase productivity and reduce water use and fertilizers. Local rootstocks appear as a promising technology to overcome part of these challenges. Trademarks and certificates of protection are also urgent.",
keywords = "Limachino tomato, Peasant family agriculture, Rootstocks, Value chain",
author = "Martinez, {J. P.} and C. Jana and V. Muena and E. Salazar and Rico, {J. J.} and N. Calabrese and Hern{\'a}ndez, {J. E.} and S. Lutts and R. Fuentes",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgement Juan Pablo Mart{\'i}nez and Ra{\'u}l Fuentes acknowledge Helmuth Hinrichsen, Karina Pasalacqua, Manuel Morales, Meg Pedersen, Luis Salinas and the twelve small farmers of the Old Limachino Tomato for helpful support, technical assistance and love. Jorge Hern{\'a}ndez acknowledge the contribution of the Project 691249, RUC-APS: Enhancing and implementing Knowledge based ICT solutions within high Risk and Uncertain Conditions for Agriculture Production Systems (www.ruc-aps.eu), funded by the European Union under their funding scheme H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015. Ra{\'u}l Fuentes acknowledges the support of the General Direction of Research, Innovation, and Graduate Studies (DGIIP), the Office of Technology Transfer (OTTL), and the Department of Industrial Engineering of the Universidad T{\'e}cnica Federico Santa Mar{\'i}a. This work was partly funded by the National Commission for Scientific & Technological Research (CONICYT) of the Ministry of Education of Chile through the FONDECYT project Nº 1180958. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021.",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-51047-3_7",
language = "English",
series = "Studies in Systems, Decision and Control",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "93--108",
booktitle = "Studies in Systems, Decision and Control",
}