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Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde has an Agricultural Development Program for farmers in the Yarabamba and Uchumayo Districts of Peru that provides services to business owners including education and information on warehouses and greenhouses.

Cerro Verde has model farms and demonstration plots for education. Farmers raise laying hens, ducks, and guinea pigs. Many local farmers also grow culinary herbs and succulents, as well as fruits, potatoes and quinoa.

To learn more about how[ Freeport-McMoRan invests in communities where it operates, see fcx.com.](https://www.fcx.com/sustainability/communities/community-investment/south-america)

Please [see the 2017 Working Toward Sustainable Development Report](https://www.fcx.com/sites/fcx/files/documents/sustainability/wtsd_2017.pdf) for more information on all of their social, economic and environmental efforts.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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