Institute teaches Bolivians to garden

1998 BYU student newspaper article on Benson Institute walipini and pankah ruyu projects with Bolivian university partners, including nutrition goals and a divergent Aymara gloss. States Benson Institute has been building underground greenhouses called walipinis and bed-sized plots called pankah ruyus since the early 1990s, with research in Guatemala, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Quotes Paul Johnston (Benson Institute director) on mission to improve nutrition in the developing world via local university partnerships. Describes walipini as a greenhouse built partially underground; crops named include lettuce, beets, lima beans, tomatoes, carrots, garlic and other vitamin-rich vegetables. Says terms are Aymaran; article glosses Walipini roughly as 'This is awesome!' and Pankah ruyu as 'bed of flowers' (differs from Benson bulletin 'place of warmth').

Campus news article, not a technical manual or peer-reviewed study.

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