Peru's highlands are experiencing severe water shortages, leading farming families to sell their livestock due to lack of feed. The district of Arapa in the department of Puno, home to 9,600 people, has been declared in a state of emergency due to the water deficit caused by climate change and the El Niño phenomenon. The region has high levels of poverty and extreme poverty, with a poverty rate of 43%. Fermina Quispe, a farmer and community leader, is working with an NGO to implement agroecological vegetable production and solar water pumps to combat the water crisis.

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