"Every square meter was cultivated," the elders told me. Photographs from the 1950s confirmed this -- showing dense fields of corn, grains and potatoes. The subsistence agriculture that existed for centuries in the mountainous lower spine was abandoned soon-after for the modern agricultural model. Residents left villages for cities, or commuting to service jobs in bigger towns. These photographs show what remains in the abandoned fields. 28 Apr 2009 View as slideshow
