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Lost Crops of the Incas Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation (1989) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 399-400

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... He is chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Escuela Agr~cola Panamericana in Honduras, visiting lecturer on tropical public health at the Harvard School of Public Health, and is a fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, the American Geographical Society, and the International Soils Science Society. His father, Wilson Popenoe (1892-1975)
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... His book Plantas Alimenticias Andinas is a classic survey of the native crops of the Andes. LUIS SUMAR KALINOWSKI, Centro de Investigaciones de Cultivos Andinos, Universidad Nacional Tecnica del Altiplano, Cuzco, Peru, received his degree of agricultural engineering from the University of Cuzco in 1961.
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