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Publications /  The Potato, Treasure of the Andes
From Agriculture to Culture

CONTENTS
  CREDITS
  A CENTER FOR THE WORLD
  INTRODUCTION / Christine Graves
  PREFACE / Monkombu S. Swaminathan
   
  IN THE ANDES
  THE POTATO’S BIRTHPLACE / Walter Wust
  FIRST COUSINS / Lucien O. Chauvin
  THE CONQUEST OF THE HIGHLANDS / Luis Miguel Glave
  AN AGE-OLD TASK / Luis G. Lumbreras
  THE INNER REALM / Luis Millones
  THE ORIGIN / Walter Wust
  A TIMELESS STORY / Fernando Cabieses
  A PASSION FOR PLANTS / Lucien O. Chauvin
   
  PHOTOESSAYS
  THE INCA PLANTING RITE / Alejandro Balaguer
  JATHA KATU / Alejandro Balaguer
  ISLAND CARNIVAL / Alejandro Balaguer
  HARVEST TIME IN AYMARA / Alejandro Balaguer
  SAINT PETER, POTATOES AND SOCCER / Alejandro Balaguer
   
  IN THE WORLD
 

UNIVERSAL GIFT / Carlos Ochoa
  A NOBLE QUEST / Lucien O. Chauvin
  A FANTASTIC VOYAGE / Robert Rhoades
  HEALTH FOOD / Lucien Chauvin
  THE POTATO'S PROMISE / Hubert Zandstra
  ROOT AND TUBER / Lucien O. Chauvin
   
  PHOTOESSAYS
 

AMONG VALLEYS AND VOLCANOES / Alejandro Balaguer
  THE GIFT OF NGAI / Alejandro Balaguer
  THE SACRED AND THE MUNDANE / Alejandro Balaguer
   
   
  GLOSSARY
  SUGGESTED READING
  ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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