Kevin Krajick’s research in Peru on Incan agricultural strategies has revealed that:
a. although agriculture had not reached the carrying capacity of the area, such a fragile environment cannot sustain high production yields.
b. they practiced conservation methods, while maximizing production on their lands.
c. their agricultural strategies caused irreparable damage to the highland environment.
d. they grew only very limited and specialized cultigens, such as corn and rice.
e. the Inca understood agriculture and agricultural techniques much better than modern-day farmers.
ANS: B
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