Yesterday, dozens of leaders of the water user boards from different parts of the country gathered outside the premises of the National Water Authority (ANA) to announce a national strike due to the inefficiency of its authorities. They pointed out that in the midst of a state of emergency, in 18 regions of the country […]
Tag: Agriculture
From cleaning lettuce in the field to fighting child labor in Washington DC
At just 11 years old, Jacqueline Aguilar would get up before four in the morning to go to the fields to clean lettuce in a small town in Colorado. More than nine hours of work in the sun awaited her with only thirty minutes to eat. Now 20 years old, Jacqueline has managed to leave […]
Farmer’s Day: in Peru, 4 out of 10 farmers are in poverty
Every June 24, the Day of the Farmer is celebrated at the national level; however, there is little to celebrate. In Peru there are more than 2 million 200,000 farmers grouped in more of 6,200 peasant communities and 1,322 native communities, according to him Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri). Thus, rural men and […]
Is chicken? This is what the first bite of meat “cultured” from cells tastes like
When I told my friends and family that I was doing a report on the first chicken meat grown from cells animals, his first comments were something like: “Gross”. His second comment was: “What does it taste like?”. The short answer, and you’ve probably heard this phrase before in other contexts, was: It tastes like […]
Food shortage in Puno due to drought: a problem that farmers show to the Government
The farmers in the region Fist they continue to depend on the will of nature. In the years that it rains, they can get good productionand, if not, they spend a period of food shortage. The Republic arrived this Tuesday, June 20, at the town of Marca Esqueña, Culta sector, middle area of the district […]
Food production in agricultural fields falls 50%
He climate change affected agricultural production in the region Arequipa in its first months. The frosts in the mountains caused the loss of fodder for hundreds of farmers, food for their camelids. While the heat decreased production in coastal valleys. The regional manager of Agriculture of the Regional Government of Arequipa (GRA), Jose Paredesheld thatn […]
Food production will drop 30% due to drought in Arequipa, according to farmers
Director of the Agricultural Society of Arequipa warned about the effects that El Niño will generate. They indicate that there was already lower production due to the last deficit period of rains. What consequences would the El Niño phenomenon have in Lambayeque? This is what experts say Will the El Niño phenomenon affect the Puno […]
Bunge launches fintech to support agribusiness financing in Brazil
The Brazilian unit of the operator of raw Materials Bunge released a Monday fintech with $500 million available to provide financing for agreements between farmers and retailers of agricultural supplies. The new business, called Fincrop, will grant credit after a risk assessment focused on social and environmental criteria, the company said. Bunge will verify sustainable […]
Food insecurity: 4 out of 10 farmers are poor in Peru
He agricultural sector in recent years has been hit by various crises, including the rise in fertilizer prices and weather phenomena such as droughts and heavy rains. This has led to an increase in the level of poverty of farmers. Currently, 4 out of 10 people are poor in agriculture, a situation clearly more critical […]
Hunger and inflation: the consequences of the climate crisis in agriculture
Peruvian agriculture is not going through its best moment. In the last year, the ravages of droughts and rains with intensities not seen in several decades have been suffered, which aggravated the situation of the sector due to the crisis of fertilizers before the ineptitude of the Government to buy them. Now with Cyclone Yaku […]