The scarcity and increase in the price of lemon in Peru is a concern for all authorities, since it has been affecting family nutrition and hitting cevicherías. This Thursday, September 7, the mayor of the Olmos district (Lambayeque), Daniel Rivera-Pasco, revealed that this town went from producing 400 to only 1 ton per week due to the ravages of Cyclone Yaku in the flowering process. He explained that the eventual rains will continue to aggravate the citrus shortage.
In conversation with the media, the mayor emphasized that Olmos, one of the main lemon producers in Peru, along with the Piura region, has lost approximately 100 hectares as a result of the floods generated at the beginning of the year and other more are currently affected by the high temperatures that the occurrence of the phenomenon represents The Global Child in this part of the American continent.
“Lemon production in Olmos is between 300 and 400 tons per week. Nowadays one ton per week is coming out. Unfortunately, it has dropped a lot and we hope it will recover soon. Normally, the biological cycle of the plant in these times (winter ) is that its production decreases, but now it has been accentuated by the Effects of the Global El Niño Phenomenon. The situation in the rural area is absolutely critical,” he explained.
It should be noted that, in the supply centers of the chiclayo city, the lemon of the best quality and size is offered for up to S/1 per unit, while the small and medium-sized ones are sold for three for S/2 or S/0.50 each. The price of a bag of this product, with approximately a thousand units, ranges between S/400 and S/600.
Source: Larepublica
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