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Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation

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Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation

This fascinating, readable volume is filled with enticing, detailed information about more than 30 different Incan crops that promise to follow the potato's lead and become important contributors to the world's food supply. Some of these overlooked foods offer special advantages for developing nations, such as high nutritional quality and excellent yields.

Lost Crops of the Incas includes vivid color photographs of many of the crops and describes the authors' experiences in growing, tasting, and preparing them in different ways. This book is for the gourmet and gourmand alike, as well as gardeners, botanists, farmers, and agricultural specialists in developing countries.

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Sidney DragganMember, Environmental Information Coalition's Stewardship Committee for the EarthPortal/Encyclopedia of Earth. ... (Full Bio)

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