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                    [Title] => Yacon: The new root crop craze in the Cordilleras
                    [Summary] => LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Ever heard of yacon?


It’s the new root crop "craze" in the Cordillera because of its potential as a food and cash commodity.


A member of the sunflower family, it belongs to the Arteraceac/composipae family and bears the scientific name Smallanthus sonchifolius. It originated in the Andean mountains in South America, particularly in Peru and Bolivia.


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Yacon: The new root crop craze in the Cordilleras

August 20, 2006 - 12:00am

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Ever heard of yacon? It’s the new root crop "craze" in the Cordillera because of its potential as a food and cash commodity. A member of the sunflower family, it belongs...

Agriculture