page_title: Ocra (Peru)
section_title: Agriculture
hierarchical_section_title: Ocra (Peru) / Agriculture
caption_attribution_description: English: Llamas and Alpacas in a corrall in the highlands of Ocra, Chinchaypujio, waiting to be led to their grazing grounds.
context_page_description: Ocra is a Quechuan Campesino community within the Chinchaypujio District in Peru and about 1.5 hours outside of Cusco; its central village is located at 3,670 m altitude.
context_section_description: Ocra is a village inhabited by subsistence farmers; agrarian activities and herding account for a majority of the local economy. Regionally native Llamas and Alpacas, as well as imported Sheep, Cattle, Chicken and Horses are raised and herded in Ocra. Grazing grounds are often more than an hour away from the farm or herding corrall; most local shepherds need to do two round trips per day to bring the animals to and from the grazing grounds. A specialty of Ocra are the Andes-native Cuys (Guinea pigs) that are bred as livestock and cooked as a delicacy.
  Crops are being grown in a variety of small, sloped fields. They are mostly Tuber plants - approximately 40 species of Potatoes (Olluco, Maswa and Añu among others).
  Ocra makes heavy use of locally produced Chuños; freeze-dried potatoes that can be stored for years. Secondary crops consumed include Quinoa, Wheat, Beans, Tarwi, Maize and Barley, but not all of them can grow in Ocra's climate. The flour generated from some of the crop is used in a traditional sweetened breakfast drink, similar to Oatmeal, which is sometimes mixed with coffee. A popular locally produced drink is Chicha, a sweet corn beer.
caption: Llamas and Alpacas in Ocra, waiting to be led to their grazing grounds.
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