Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time ... almost every inch of the floodplain is blanketed in lucrative export crops, such as sugarcane, asparagus and blueberries.

LIMA, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Peruvian authorities scrambled to roll out a plan to fight fires raging out of control across the nation, razing crops, damaging archaeological treasures and leaving ...

Peruvian authorities scrambled to roll out a plan to fight fires raging out of control across the nation, razing crops, damaging archaeological treasures, and leaving several regions in a state of ...

American law enforcement agents outfitted the Peruvian military and local police with equipment to literally root out the problem ... to identify where these crops were being grown.

Yacon is sometimes called strawberry jicama as the two root vegetables are similar. Other common names for yacon are Peruvian ground apple, poire de terre, yacon strawberry, and Bolivian sunroot.

Fires Burn Out of Control in Peru, Hitting Crops and Archaeological Sites LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian authorities scrambled to roll out a plan to fight fires raging out of control across the nation ...