Peru piles high tonnes of rotting food as its tax laws contribute to chronic waste | Dan Collyns

Campaigners want end to laws that make donating food more costly than destroying it in country with huge harvests but high infant malnutrition

From asparagus filling supermarket shelves in the UK to avocados entering the potentially huge Chinese market, Peru's agribusiness shipments are booming at a time of declining demand for its metals exports, which powered a decade of record-high growth.

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