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Farmers In Peru Find Ways To Grow Food Without Harming The Forest

In Iquitos, farmers usually burn parts of the Amazon rainforest to grow food in the fertile soil, but now they have found alternatives to the destructive...

Video: Peruvian Farmer Grows 400 Potato Varieties for Preservation

Julio Hancco Mamani lives in Cusco, Peru. He is known as the “Potato King” because he has cultivated more than 400 potato varieties.

Peru Seeks To Stop Deforestation And Promote Organic Farming

Illegal crops, mining, and migratory agriculture destroy Peru’s forests. With the participation of ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Peruvian Government through the...