AFP/ Bayly Turner: "It was a treasure for the Incas, the cause of a war, and once a backbone of Peru's economy. Now as the world hungers for sustainable resources, bird excrement is once again as prized as gold. And a handful of islands off the nation's Pacific coast are literally dripping in tons and tons of one of its most historic treasures: guano."
"It is a natural, organic fertilizer and Peru is the only place in the world that it is exploited commercially in this way," said Rodolfo Beltran, director of Agrorural, Peru's rural development agency. "It has been a historical commodity in Peru and now it's making a comeback. It has a great future."
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