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.
Este constituye el primer libro rojo para un grupo de vertebrados del Ecuador y utiliza de manera comprensiva los nuevos criterios desarrollados por la UICN para categorizar especies amenazadas de extinción, inclusive con las últimas modificaciones aprobadas para esta novedosa metodología por parte del Consejo de la UICN a principios del 2000.
