FRST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Banana, Inceptisol, Alfisol
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Peru is located on the continent of south america. Peru is bordered by the south pacific ocean to its west, ecuador and colombia to its north, brazil to its east and chile to its south. Peru"s total area is 1,285,220 sq km. Peru is best known as the heart of the inca empire. Cuzco was the capital of the inca empire. Francisco pizarro and his band of spanish conquerors arrived to peru in 1532. Peru was a spanish colony from 1542 to july, 1821. Lima is the capital of peru and it was founded in january 18, 1535. Coffee has been grown in peru since the 18th century. Coffee is peru(cid:859)s (cid:373)ai(cid:374) crop, (cid:449)ith 400,000 hectare u(cid:374)der culti(cid:448)atio(cid:374). Peru is one of the top ten coffee-produci(cid:374)g cou(cid:374)tries, a(cid:374)d re(cid:373)ai(cid:374)s the (cid:449)orld(cid:859)s leadi(cid:374)g exporter of organic coffee, with 90,000 certified organic hectares. There are over 110,000 farmers growing peruvian coffee, and the beans are the country"s top agricultural export.
