From tradition to nutrition: wild and cultivated Aymara food plants as sustainable resources in the Andean neotropics of Bolivia (opens in new tab)

IntroductionTraditional food systems of Indigenous communities embody sophisticated ecological knowledge essential for thriving in marginal environments. However, these practices have yet to be systematically documented, leaving significant gaps in our understanding of their complexity and value. In the Andean Altiplano, Aymara communities maintain complex ethnobotanical practices involving diverse food plants and specialized processing techniques, likely related with the detoxification of na...