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In Peru's Andes, farmers turn to pre-Hispanic dams to fight water scarcity
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.
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