He climate change continues to have a negative impact on the production of essential agricultural crops, such as mango, banana and lemon, which play a fundamental role in the regional economy. This situation represents a new challenge for the agricultural sector, which is still recovering from the rains at the beginning of the year and the passage of the Cyclone Yaku.
The regional director of Agriculture of Piura, Paúl Loayza, has expressed his concern about this problem, especially with regard to mango cultivation. In the previous year, according to data provided by the National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa), more than 250 million dollars worth of mangoes were exported. However, this season, significant losses in production are anticipated due to the lack of flowering of this crop.
He explained that The lack of flowering in mangoes, attributed to the effects of climate change, will result in a considerable decrease in foreign exchange generated by this sector. Mango production is a fundamental component of the regional and national economy, and its decline will affect both farmers and the distribution and export chain.
“In the case of mango, that is worrying not only for us as a regional government, but for the sector, in this case, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) because the mango represents a very important crop for the region and the country. We have a low flowering rate that should be around 13% to 15%. This will be reflected in a reduction of more or less 80% of production,” said the official.
Another of the flagship crops of our region that is going through a very difficult time with the presence of Fusarium race 4, is the banana.
Loayza Porras indicated that between 30 to 40 hectares of corn crops have been affected by this disease. banana throughout the region. Likewise, he explained that in the case of lemon, the owner of the Regional Directorate of Agriculture (DRA)mentioned that a recovery is being seen because greater production is being noticed and that is reflected in today’s price compared to that of a month ago.
Source: Larepublica
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