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Price band: tariff cap on corn, rice, sugar and milk rises to 40%

Price band: tariff cap on corn, rice, sugar and milk rises to 40%

The Executive approved the restitution of the price range to the importation of corn, sugar, rice and milk. The measure is intended to defend national production and guarantee the 2021-2022 agricultural season, said the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri). “It is the first trade defense measure for national agriculture carried out by a […]

Government evaluates subsidy for farmers with more than 10 hectares due to the increase in fertilizers

Government evaluates subsidy for farmers with more than 10 hectares due to the increase in fertilizers

The head of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), Víctor Maita, announced that a new direct subsidy is being evaluated for producers who manage agricultural properties of 10 hectares or more. This, in order to contribute to mitigating the rise in the price of fertilizers and to ensure the 2021-2022 agricultural season. “A […]

Executive evaluates the delivery of a new subsidy of S / 350 million to save the agricultural season

Executive evaluates the delivery of a new subsidy of S / 350 million to save the agricultural season

The Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Victor Maita, reported that the Executive manages the possibility of delivering a new emergency subsidy to mitigate the effect of the international fertilizer crisis on local agriculture, which could cost about S / 350 million during the first three months of execution. During her presentation to the Zero […]

Organic and ecological production to improve income of small producers

Organic and ecological production to improve income of small producers

The holder of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Víctor Maita, said this Sunday that his portfolio will promote organic and ecological production in the field to conquer international markets and improve the income of small producers in our country. In this sense, the official stressed that they will continue to promote organic and […]

Agricultural sector continues upward rhythm and grew 5.2% in October

Agricultural sector continues upward rhythm and grew 5.2% in October

The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) reported that, in October of this year, the agricultural sector registered a growth of 5.2% compared to the same month last year, which is in line with the gradual recovery of the national economy. According to the results provided by the General Directorate of Statistics, Monitoring and […]

Peru has more than 460,000 hectares dedicated to organic production

Peru has more than 460,000 hectares dedicated to organic production

The National Agrarian Health Service of Peru (Senasa) indicates that Peru currently has more than 464,546 hectares dedicated to organic production and more than 95,157 hectares in the transition process, certified by authorized bodies. This, within the framework of the Promotion Day of the AOrganic griculture and the non-use of agrochemicals. It is estimated that […]

Urea unstoppable rally in the international market: up 61% for Peru as of October 2021

Urea unstoppable rally in the international market: up 61% for Peru as of October 2021

Peru imported a total of 287 million 254 thousand 973 kilos of urea for a CIF value of US $ 122 million 622 thousand 815 between January and October 2021. This represents a significant decrease in volume compared to the same period in 2020, but a large and worrying increase in value. Indeed, according to […]

Midagri: Executive promulgates law that prioritizes direct marketing of island guano

Midagri: Executive promulgates law that prioritizes direct marketing of island guano

In order to guarantee the sustained growth and productivity of small farmers in the field, the Executive enacted Law No. 31361 that “prioritizes the direct marketing of island guano in favor of the family farmer”, a device that modifies Law 26857, which created the Special Project to Promote the Use of Fertilizers from Seabirds. With […]

The 2022 agenda for strong economic growth

The 2022 agenda for strong economic growth

With little more than a month until the end of 2021, specialists indicate what are the challenges that the current Government has in the face of economic recovery. In the forum ‘Resilient Peru: Challenges and Potentialities’, organized by Make Peru, the economist Alfonso de la Torre, the director of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru […]

Executive promulgates food emergency law

Executive promulgates food emergency law

The Executive Power today promulgated the law that declares the food emergency at the national level and the continuity of the 2021-2022 agricultural season of national interest and public necessity, which was approved at the end of October by the Congress of the republic. With this norm, the Executive Power is exhorted, so that, through […]

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