Cultivating Diversity: Field Scattering as Agricultural Risk Management in Cuyo Cuyo, Department of Puno, Peru

Table 9.2
Calories per Hectare Produced by Different Crops

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Crop Kcal / 100 gr Kcal/ 1 kg Avg yield kg/ha Kcal / ha Kcal / sq meter
Potato 100 1000 8535 8,535,000 853.5
Oca 61 610 8269 5,044,090 504.4
Illaco 62 620 5836 3,618,320 361.8
Isa¤o 50 500 6892 3,446,000 344.6
Habas 151 1510 1162 1,754,620 175.5
Maize 129 1290 9301 1,199,700 120.0

1 Yield based on Frère et al. (1975)