Peruvian President Ollanta Humala took part in the opening ceremony of the Olmos Irrigation Project, which involves the irrigation of 43,500 hectares of farmland and is estimated to create about 40,000 direct jobs in Lambayeque, northern Peru.

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Peruvian President Ollanta Humala attended the inauguration ceremony of the Olmos irrigation project, which will add 43,500ha of agricultural land and help boost the country's agro exports.

Agro exports are expected to increase US$1bn over the next three years.

Some 38,000ha of land will be auctioned off and the remaining 5,500ha belong to farmers from the area known as Valle Viejo.

In the lead up to the climate negotiations in Lima (COP20), Peru's Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal called for all social and political actors to urgently address climate change globally, and expressed his hope that the COP 20 will produce a draft of the new climate agreement expected in Paris in 2015. Pulgar-Vidal noted that the world will not accept another failure like the Copenhagen Summit in 2009, and that now we are in a different world in which the effects of climate change are more evident and the public demands action.  

As the countdown to COP 20, the event set to tackle global climate change issues, wanes to just weeks away, announcements such as celebrity participants have certainly kept the climate change event in the spotlight. 

 The Peruvian government has sent 1,000 police to dismantle illegal gold mining camps in an area known as La Pampa, where over 50,000 hectares of rainforest have been destroyed in the past six years.

The move, one of the latest crackdowns on the activity that has cost the country millions of dollars in lost fees and severely damaged the environment, comes just weeks before the country hosts U.N.-sponsored climate talks, scheduled to start on Dec. 1.

Newmont Mining Corporation today outlined a number of community investment programs - developed in conjunction with local communities - that have been implemented or are under development in the Conga project's area of influence in Peru. The programs, which are in addition to the numerous social investments Yanacocha has made over the last two decades, include efforts to advance health and education, critical infrastructure and economic development in Peru's Cajamarca region. 

Familiarly referred to as a superfood, it seems that quinoa truly has superpowers as the Peruvian product has had a remarkable performance so far this year in international markets.

According to Gesti�n, exportation of Peruvian quinoa grew 222% between January and September of this year.

Like backpackers making their way along the Inca trail to Machu Picchu, the march of Peruvian restaurants on London continues.

Marylebone's Pachamama - named after the Incan goddess of fertility and harvests - follows the opening of Lima Floral in Covent Garden this summer and Se�or Ceviche (which we also reviewed) in Soho just a month ago.

Leading up to the release of his feature film, Paddington Bear has been making his rounds while visiting his native home of Peru. Spotted at the airport and around the city of Lima, the fictional bear certainly proves how well he has adjusted to a domesticated lifestyle.

His wild (and real) counterparts can be found at the luxurious Inkaterra Andan Bear Sanctuary, located in Machu Picchu. Guests at the eco hotel are offered the chance to see the endangered spectacled bear, the only bear species native to South America.

The Peruvian soccer team finished 2014 with a 2-1 victory against Paraguay at Lima's National Stadium.

Edmundo Ulloa advances into the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) professional ranking after winning the final round of Lima's Challenger classification tournament.

On Sunday, Ulloa beat Andre Ku Meza in the finals, 3-6;7-5;7-6. 

The film "El Premio" (The Prize) will be screened at the Akbank Sanat film sessions on Nov. 22 as they continue to showcase prestigious examples of recent-era Peruvian cinema. In collaboration with the Embassy of Peru in Turkey, the Commercial Attache of Peru and the Istanbul Cervantes Institute, the free event provides the opportunity for film enthusiasts to become familiar with the film industries of different cultures while discovering new actors and directors. 

Technology and young generations seem to go hand in hand; sometimes before they even learn to walk!

Put forth by the Museum of Contemporary Art, in Lima's Barranco district, 'Mi primer Festival' offers the unique experience for children and parents to learn about contemporary audiovisual and cinematography culture.