Inspired by recent archaeological research, the people in the Cuzco region of Peru are rebuilding terraces and irrigation systems and reclaiming traditional crops and methods of planting. Cynthia ...

CUSCO, PERU—The Andina News Agency reports that traces of buildings, an aqueduct, walls, and agricultural terraces built by the Inca have been found near the city of Cusco, at Chinchero Archaeological ...

Sign up to Devex Dish today. Greetings, Dish readers! Earlier this month I had the privilege of visiting Peru and hiking the Inca Trail, a four-day trek that ended at ...

CASPANA, Chile, Oct 21 (IPS) - Terrace farming as practiced from time immemorial by native peoples in the Andes mountains contributes to food security as a strategy of adaptation in an environment ...

Many tropical glaciers in the Andes are expected to disappear in the next few decades. Their meltwater sustains millions of people, feeding crops in the dry season, supplying Peru's capital Lima and ...

Valle Sagrado de los Incas is an Andean river valley in Peru, centred around Urubamba and shaped by the course of the ...