Batanes province is endowed with abundant rootcrops such as sweet potato (wakay), yam (uvi), garlic (akus), and tugi (dukay). Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is perceived as one of the poor man’s food among Filipinos but it is considered as an important crop for Ivatans. Known as “wakay” in Batanes, it is the staple food continue reading