Walipinis, las huertas subterráneas made in Bolivia que resisten el clima extremo del Altiplano

Bolivian newspaper special reprinting BBC Mundo reporting on Altiplano walipinis, Ventilla eco-farm, Peter Iseli history, and family food-security uses at ~4000 m. Opens with Gabriel Condo’s walipini at ~4000 m in Oruro improving diet for five children: "Ya no compramos verduras en el mercado, ahora las producimos aquí". Aymara name glossed literally as "muy bueno" or "muy bien"; technology presented as invented by Swiss cooperator Peter Iseli with European financing ~28 years earlier, not ancestral. Recounts Michael Gemio car-breakdown discovery of abandoned farm, reconstruction with locals who worked with "El suizo," yielding >18 productive walipinis at Ventilla. Lists Ventilla crops for sale: acelgas, espinacas, lechugas, aromatic plants independent of weather.

Evidence tier: news. Bolivian reprint of BBC Mundo reporting (photos Kelvin Brown / BBC); not independent primary research.

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