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Suggested Citation:"B Centers of Andean Crop Research." National Research Council. 1989. Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1398.
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Suggested Citation:"B Centers of Andean Crop Research." National Research Council. 1989. Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1398.
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Suggested Citation:"B Centers of Andean Crop Research." National Research Council. 1989. Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1398.
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Suggested Citation:"B Centers of Andean Crop Research." National Research Council. 1989. Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1398.
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Appendix B Centers of Andean Crop Research Listed below are South American organizations with known involve- ment in the development of Andean crops. (Appendix C lists individuals working with Andean crop research and promotion.) These institutions are likely to have information available on topics such as agronomy, biology, germplasm, nutrition, processing, and local knowledge of at least some of the crops discussed in this report. Also included are a few private organizations that work with these native crops. In brackets at the end of some addresses we have noted the department from which we have received information. More organi- zations are becoming involved with these crops all the time, and this list, therefore, should not be considered definitive. Argentina Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cient~ficas y Tecnicas, Centro de Estudios Farmacol6gicos y de Princ~pios Naturales (CEFAPRIN), Serrano 665, Buenos Aires 1414, Buenos Aires Estacidn Experimental, 6326 Anguil, La Pampa Instituto Nacional de Tecnolog~a Agropecuaria (INTA), Centro de Investigaciones de Recursos Naturales, Castelar 1712, Buenos Aires Instituto Nacional de Tecnolog~a Agropecuaria (INTA), Estacidn Experimental Agropecuaria Santiago del Estero, Independencia No. 341, Casilla de Correo 268, Santiago del Estero 4200 Universidad Nacional de C6rdoba, Casilla de Correo 495, C6rdoba 5000 [Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales] Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata 1900 [Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo] Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Miguel Lillo 205, San Miguel de Tucuman [Fundaciodn e Instituto Miguel Lillo] Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomic, Avenida San Martin 4453, Buenos Aires 1417, Buenos Aires [Catedra de Botanica] Bolivia Centro de Investigaciones Fitotecnicas Pairumani, Casilla 3861, Cochabamba Flores Montesillo, Casilla 053, Cochabamba Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Caj6n Postal 20-127, La Paz Instituto Boliviano de Tecnolog~a Agropecuaria (IBTA), Calle Colombia, Casilla 2631, Cochabamba Instituto Boliviano de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (IBTA), Estacidn Experimental Patacamaya, Casilla Postal 5783, La Paz Instituto de Ecolog~a, Casilla 20127, La Paz Instituto Interamericano de Cooperacidn pare la Agricultura (IICA), Oficina del IICA en Bolivia, Casilla 6057, La Paz 343

344 Brazil LOST CROPS OF THE INCAS Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA), Caixa Postal 07.0218, Brasilia, D.F. 70.359 Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA), Empresa Goiana de Pesquisa Agrope- cuaria (EMGOPA), Caixa Postal 49, Goiana, Goias 74.000 Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA), Empresa de Assistencia Tecnica e Extensao Rural do Estado Minas Gerais (EMATER), Praca Barao de Santa Cecilia No. 68 - 1 Andar, Caranda~, Minas Gerais 36.280 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA), Estrada do Aleixo, Caixa Postal 478, Manaus 69.000, Amazonas Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho," Campus de Rio Claro-UNESP, Caixa Postal 178, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo 13.500 [Departamento Botanica, Instituto de Biosciencias] Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus de Jaboticabal, Jaboticabal [Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias e Veterinarias] Universidade Federal de Vic~osa (UFV), Vic,osa, Minas Gerais 36.570 [Departamento de Fitotecnia] Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha de Cidade Universitaria, Rio de Janeiro [Instituto de Nutric, ao] Universidade do Estado do Sao Paulo (UNESP), Caixa Postal 237, Botucatu, Sao Paulo 18.600 [Departamento Horticultura] Chile Campex - Semillas Baer, Estacion Gorbea, Casilla 87, Temuco Corporaci6n Nacional Forestal (CONAF), Region Metropolitana, Eliodoro Yafiez 1810, Santiago Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Avenida Santa Maria 6700, Casilla 10095, Santiago Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Vic. Mackenna 4860, Casilla 114-D, Santiago [Laboratorio de Botanica, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas] Universidad Austral de Chile, Casilla 567, Valdivia [Institucidn Produccion y Sanidad Vegetal] Universidad Catolica, Casilla 6177, Santiago [Facultad de Agronom~a] Universidad Cat61ica de Valparaiso, Avenida Brasil 2950, Casilla 4059, Valpara~so [Escuela de Agronom~a] Universidad de Chile, Avenida Bernardo O' Higgins 1058 , Casilla 10-D , Santiago [Departamento de Botanica, Facultad de Ciencias] Universidad de Concepcion, Casilla 237, Concepcion Colombia Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Apartado Aereo 6713, Cali Consejo Internacional de Recursos Fitogeneticos (CIRF-IBPGR), c/o CIAT, Apartado Aereo 6713, Cali Corporacion de Araracuara, Apartado Aereo 034 1 74, Bogota, D. E. Federacion Horto-Fruticola, Calle 37 No. 15-49, Bogota Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA), Apartado Aereo 100, Rio Negro, Antioquia Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA), Centro Nacional de Investigacion (CNI), Apartado Aereo 233, Palmira, Valle Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA) - Tibaitata, Apartado Aereo 151123, El Dorado, Bogota International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Oficina Regional pare la America Latina y el Caribe, Apartado Aereo 53016, Bogota Jard~n Botanico de Colombia, Carrera 66A No. 56-84, Bogota Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA), Regional Boyaca, Calle 65 No. 11-70, Apartado Aereo 9801, Bogota Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Aereo 14.490, Bogota [Instituto de Ciencias Naturales] Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNPALMIRA), Apartado Aereo 237, Palmira, Valle [Pacultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Departamento de Agricultura] Universidad de Antioquia, Apartado Aereo 1226, Ciudad Universitaria, Medellin, Antioquia [De- partamento de Biolog~a] Universidad de Caldas, Apartado Aereo 275, Manizales [Facultad de Agronom~a] Universidad de Narino, Carrera 25. Mp/18-109, Pasto, Narifio [Facultad de Agronom~a]

APPENDIX B Ecuador 345 Centro Andino de Accidn Popular (CAAP), Apartado 173-B, Quito Centro de Arte y Acci6n Popular (CAAP), Chahuarpungo, Pichincha Corporacidn Ambiente y Desarrollo (AMDE), PO Box 632, Ambato Escuela Superior Politecnica de Chimborazo (ESPOCH), Casilla 4703, Riobamba [Facultad de Ingenieria Agron6mica] Instituto Interamericano de CooperaciGn pare la Agricultura (IICA), Apartado 201-A, Quito Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), Estacidn Experimental del Austro, Apartado 554, Cuenca Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), Avenida Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas, Casilla 2600, Quito Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), Estaci6n Experimental " Santa Catalina," Casilla Postal 340, Quito [Programa de Cultivos Andinos] Latinreco S.A., Centro Nestle, Casilla Postal 6053-CCl, Quito, Cumbaya Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Casilla 8976, Quito [Herbario Nacional] Universidad Central del Ecuador, Ciudadela Universitaria, Apartado 166, Quito [Facultad de Ciencias Agr~colas] Universidad Nacional de Loja, Casilla Letra B. Loja [Jardm Botanico "Reinaldo Espinosa," Facultad de Ciencias Agricolas] Universidad Tecnica de Ambato, Avenida Colombia y Chile s/n, Casilla Postal 334, Ambato [Facultad de Ciencia] Peru Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Apartado 14-0185, Lima 14 Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), Apartado 5969, Lima Centro de Medicina Andina, Jirdn Ricardo Palma No. 5, Santa M6nica, Apartado 711, Cusco Comisi6n de Coordinacidn de Tecnolog~a Andina (CCTA), Sede Institucional, Avenida Tullumayo 465, Apartado 477, Cusco [Centro de Estudios Rurales Andinos "Bartolome de las Casas"] Convenio Peru-Alemania pare Cultivos Andinos-GTZ (CORDE), Avenida Sol 817, Casilla Postal 807, Cusco Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Ana, Apartado 411, Huancayo Gentec - Grobman Genotecnica S.A., Oficina 702, Avenida Republica de Panama 3563, San Isidro, Lima Grupo de Investigaci6n y Extension de Tecnolog~a Popular, MINKA-Grupo "Talpuy," Apartado No. 222, Avenida Centenario 589, San Carlos, Huancayo Instituto Nacional Forestal y de Fauna (INFOR), Investigaci6n y CapacitaciGn Forestal y de Fauna (CENFOR VII), Huancayo Instituto Nacional Forestal y de Fauna (INFOR), Componente Forestal de la Microregion de Juliaca, Juliaca, Puno Instituto Nacional de Investigacidn Agraria y Agroindustrial (INIAA), Avenida Guzman Blanco 309, Lima 1 [Programa de Investigacidn de Recursos Geneticos (PRONARGEN)] Instituto Nacional de Investigacidn Agraria y Agroindustrial (INIAA), Estaci6n Experimental Banos del Inca, Julio Guerrero No. 121, Urb. Cajamarca, Cajamarca [Programa Nacional de Cultivos Andinos (PNCA)] Instituto Nacional de Investigacidn Agraria y Agroindustrial (INIAA), Puno Instituto Nacional de Investigacidn y Promocidn Agropecuaria (INIPA), Apartado 110697, Lima 11 [Programa Nacional de Cultivos Andinos (PISA)] Instituto Rural Vallegrande, Apartado 70, Cahete Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado," Avenida Arenales 1256, Lima Estacidn Experimental Yurimaguas, Proyecto Agroforestal, Programa de Suelos Tropicales, Yuri- maguas, Loreto [North Carolina State University] Universidad Nacional Agraria (UNA), Apartado 456, La Molina, Lima 100 [Facultad de Agronomia, Laboratoria de Biotecnolog~a, Departamento de Fitotecnia] Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos de Lima, Avenida Republica de Chile 295, Casilla 454, Lima [Colegio Real] Universidad Nacional Tecnica de Cajamarca, Apartado 16, Cajamarca Universidad Nacional Tecnica del Altiplano, Ciudad Universitaria, Casilla 291, Puno Universidad Nacional de Huanuco "Hermilio Valdizan," Jirdn Dos de Mayo 680, Apartado 278, Huanuco [Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias] Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco (UNSAAC), Avenida de la Cultura s/n, Apartado 367, Cusco [Centro de Investigaci6n en Cultivos Andinos (CICA)]

346 LOST CROPS OF THE INCAS Universidad Nacional de San Cristobal de Huamanga, Apartado 220, Ayacucho Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, San Martfn 380, Apartado 315, Trujillo [Facultad de Ciencias Biol6gicas] Universidad Nacional del Centro del Peru, Apartado 138, Huancayo Universidad San Martfn de Porres, Calle Bolivar 348, Miraflores, Lima [Instituto de Estudios de Bromatologla y Nutricion Andina] Universidad del Pacifico, Jesus Maria, Avenida Salaverry 2020, Apartado 4683, Lima 11 Venezuela Fondo Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (PONAIAP), Ministerio de Agricultura y Crfa, Centro Simon Bolivar, Torre Norte, Piso 14, Caracas 1010 Universidad Central de Venezuela, Apartado 4579, Maracay, Estado Aragua 2101 [Facultad de Agronomia]

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This fascinating, readable volume is filled with enticing, detailed information about more than 30 different Incan crops that promise to follow the potato's lead and become important contributors to the world's food supply. Some of these overlooked foods offer special advantages for developing nations, such as high nutritional quality and excellent yields. Many are adaptable to areas of the United States.

Lost Crops of the Incas includes vivid color photographs of many of the crops and describes the authors' experiences in growing, tasting, and preparing them in different ways. This book is for the gourmet and gourmand alike, as well as gardeners, botanists, farmers, and agricultural specialists in developing countries.

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