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How to Grow Crops in the Driest Place on Earth: the Ancient Agricultural System that Survives in the Atacama

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In the driest desert on Earth, communities in northern Chile continue to cultivate crops using ancestral techniques that allow them to make the most of even the smallest drop of water. The ancestral agriculture of northern Chile demonstrates how knowledge of the land has allowed people to inhabit extreme environments. Talking about agriculture in the Atacama Desert seems like a contradiction. In some areas of northern Chile, years can pass witho…
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In the driest desert on Earth, communities in northern Chile continue to cultivate crops using ancestral techniques that allow them to make the most of even the smallest drop of water. The ancestral agriculture of northern Chile demonstrates how knowledge of the land has allowed people to inhabit extreme environments. Talking about agriculture in the Atacama Desert seems like a contradiction. In some areas of northern Chile, years can pass witho…

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meteored.cl broke the news on Friday, May 29, 2026.
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