The aim of promoting the use of clean and economic fuel throughout the country is being accomplished progressively, benefiting million of Peruvian homes, said the Peru's Energy and Mines Ministry (MEM).

Power company, GDF SUEZ, has been awarded a contract to build a 500 MW gas and diesel plant in Ilo, in the south of Peru as part of the government's Nodo Energ�tico del Sur strategy. The deal is valued at $500 million and the plant is expected to start commercial operation in March 2017 alongside the company's existing Ilo 2 plant.

Canada's Trevali Mining has announced that its Santander zinc-lead-silver project in west-central Peru has started ramping up and expects to declare commercial production shortly. 

The lowly spud may seem like the most humble of foods, but it built the glittering empire of the Incas, and it may yet secure the future for billions of people across the globe.

In this special report, Caddie Brain visits the Peruvian farmers playing a big part in one of the world's most unusual food projects.

The output in the Peruvian farming sector has shown a 1.9% increase between January and October this year compared to the same period a year earlier, reported on Monday Peru's Agriculture and Irrigation Ministry (Minagri). 

Camposol is poised to seal its position as the main player in Peru's burgeoning blueberry export industry with the launch of an ambitious US$100m investment plan that will increase its production by 1,000 per cent in the next three years. 

APL transported the first cargo of Peruvian grapes from Paita in Peru to Miami, clearing local pest control import requirements through cold treatment technology applied on the fruit during their transit.
Some 1,600 boxes of Thomson seedless grapes arrived at the port of Miami as part of a six-month long cold treatment pilot program aimed at assessing the feasibility of importing "cold-treated" Peruvian fresh produce into Florida.  

Peruvian authority SENASA has approved the listing of all New Zealand exporters currently interested in exporting beef, sheep meat and offal into the country. The listings are valid for three years and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has the option to request the addition of further exporters.

"This approval to export beef and sheep products to Peru is great news for the meat industry. It gives our exporters access to a market with a value (based on 2011 imports) of at least US$19 million, with significant potential for growth.

President of the Supreme Court of Peru, Enrique J. Mendoza Ramirez and Attorney General Jos� Pel�ez Bardales, continue to meet in Washington with the highest judicial authorities in the United States, other senior officials of the U.S. administration, and representatives of various private and multilateral institutions based in this capital.