Learn about traditional methods of agricultural production and water management of the Quechua indigenous communities located at the foot of Chimborazo volcano. Some examples include seed conservation and management, slow-forming terraces, tilling the soil with yokes and hoes, intercropping, among others. Also, water management practices like the zig-zag furrow irrigation, a pre- Hispanic technology that facilitates the uniform irrigation of agricultural lands. This publication is part of a series produced by IUCN and SPDA through the project El Clima Cambia, Cambia tú También, supported by AECID.
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