In Peru’s Andes, Farmers Turn to Pre-Hispanic Dams to Fight Water Scarcity

By Inti Landauro   Sept 12 (Reuters) – Last year, Guillermo Palmadera, the mayor of a remote area in Peru’s Andes, was growing increasingly worried that a harsh dry season could spoil his district’s crops of barley, alfalfa and local tubers. The Andes have an annual dry season between May and September, but farmers in […]

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