Traditional Andean agriculture in South America incorporates a diverse range of ancient cultivation techniques. One in particular has a complicated history of attracting revival efforts.

Salt, borax, ulexite, sulphur, sodium carbonate, lithium and many other minerals found in the Andean wetlands are being mined unsustainably, and the wetlands' water itself is being diverted to support ...

The first known Incas, a noble family who ruled Cuzco and a small surrounding high Andean agricultural state, date back to A.D. 1200. The growth of the empire beyond Cuzco began in 1438 when ...

Salt, borax, ulexite, sulphur, sodium carbonate, lithium and many other minerals found in the Andean wetlands are being mined unsustainably, and the wetlands' water itself is being diverted to support ...