Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation
by National Research Council
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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. Many are adaptable to areas of the United States. Lost Crops of the Incas includes vivid color photographs of many of the crops and show more 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. show lessTags
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- Important places
- Andes Mountains
- Original language
- English
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- Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Home & Garden, Food & Cooking, Health & Wellness, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 630.98 — Applied science & technology Agriculture Farming / Crops & Produce Biography; History By Place South America
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- F3429.3 .A4 .L67 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America Latin America. Spanish America South America Peru
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