The ghost of the Incas’ farming achievements still shadows the ... and irrigation systems and reclaiming traditional crops and methods of planting. They do this in part because Incan ...

One known Inca method for cutting through rock without ... largely abandoned when Spanish colonizers imposed their own farming methods, many of the terraces themselves are still in place today.

"Survival became the overriding issue - farming was secondary," Juan explained. However, some are now returning from the cities and settling back into agriculture - and the restoration of the Inca ...