LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s president is indefinitely postponing plans to forcibly eradicate coca fields in the world’s top cocaine-producing valley. President Ollanta Humala’s announcement in a ...

The Andes has traditionally been a source of excellent food and medicinal plants. Now science is turning to ancient Peruvian crops to explore their benefits in boosting the gut health and preventing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pre-Hispanic canal funnels water from mountains to farm fields. Ari Caramanica Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s coca eradication efforts cut the area under cultivation by 17.5 percent last year, contributing to the South American nation’s highest cocaine prices in 15 years, the U.N.

Join us this April 27 for an exclusive event for donors. Our experts will share analysis and recent data, and answer your questions about projections for 2026. Though the exact amount of coca in Peru ...

The government of Peru has declared Marcapata Ccollana a new agrobiodiversity zone in the Andean highlands. The reserve is home to an Indigenous community that preserves Incan farming techniques and ...

Coca cultivation in Peru is expanding rapidly into Indigenous territories. Coca cultivation in Peru reached an all-time high in 2022, with the largest growth in crops occurring outside of traditional ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian coca cultivation likely rose 4 percent for a second straight year in 2008 despite efforts to eradicate the crop, the country's top anti-drug official said Friday. Gen.

The Peruvian Government has made official the creation of the Illegal Crop Reduction Program in Peru (PRECIP), an Interior ...

Peru’s government has announced a plan to buy the nation’s entire supply of illegal coca leaf, as part of its battle against drug trafficking. Peruvian authorities have announced a plan to buy ...