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Bolivians turn to ancient way of farming to survive floods

It really does sound like a headline from The Onion ('Way of Farming That Sustained Civilisation For Thousands of Years Just Might Work After All'), but by using pre-Columbian techniques, Bolivian farmers may have found a modern, liveable, sustainable way to grow crops successfully in areas that sustain annual floods. They are, if anything, MORE productive that current methods, and they may, if used widely, actually cause the agrarian communities in huge parts of the world to prosper, instead of fester.