Indigenous Food Systems and Climate Change: Impacts of climatic shifts on the production and processing of native and traditional crops in the Bolivian Andes

Indigenous Food Systems and Climate Change: Impacts of climatic shifts on the production and processing of native and traditional crops in the Bolivian Andes

Inhabitants of the high-mountain Andes have already begun to experience changes in the timing, severity, and patterning of annual weather cycles. These changes have important implications for agriculture, for human health, and for the conservation of biodiversity in the region. This paper examines t...

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Main Authors: Alder eKeleman Saxena, Ximena eCadima Fuentes, Rhimer eGonzales Herbas, Debbie L. Humphries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
Bolivia
Food security
Potato
Llama
Climate change impacts
detoxification
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00020/full

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