Impoverished Huancavelica Aims To Decrease Poverty Rate

One of Peru’s poorest regions, Huancavelica, is aiming to reduce its poverty level from 46.5 percent to 14.9 percent by 2014, according to the department’s president, Maciste Diaz. Diaz disclosed the figure at a UNDP presentation, while announcing a regional program aimed at eliminating extreme poverty and child malnutrition over the next three years. He said authorities [...]

Frost and hail destroy more than 12,000 hectares of cropland in highland region of Puno

Extreme temperatures continue to wreck havoc in Peru’s southern altiplano, where frost and hail have destroyed more than 12,000 hectares of cropland since January, state news agency Andina reported on Thursday. In Puno – where 260,000 hectares of land have been seeded – 12,000 hectares of mainly potato crops have been destroyed, and 700,000 affected [...]