The Uncucha, an Important Root Crop
Monday, May 16th, 2011 at 7:28 am
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By Hebert Edgardo Huamani Jara
Translated by David Knowton
Peru is a land of root crops. The potato originated here in all its rainbow of types. But it is also a land of others, such as sweet potato, yuca, and various indigenous ones that are hardly known outside its borders. Here, though, these tubers are part of a rich and varied diet that enabled civilization to grow and spread. Read the rest of this entry
