This Tuesday, May 30, National Potato Day is celebrated throughout Peru, a date on which the historical, economic, food and nutritional importance of this potato is highlighted. tuber Andean. The numbers reflect it: our country remains the first potato producer in Latin Americawith a production volume of six million metric tons in 2022, which covers […]
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Potato exports exceeded US$542,000 in the first quarter of 2023
This May 30th is celebrated the National Potato Day, whose objective is to reinforce the identity of this tuber by showing that it is 100% Peruvian and that it had its origins in the Andes, becoming throughout history an important source of food throughout the world. In that sense, The export of this food in […]
National Potato Day will be celebrated with a 17% drop in production
After rice, the potato is the main Peruvian crop. Only last year, this tuber represented around 10.4% of the Gross Value of Agricultural Production (VBP) with S/5,525 million, as reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (midagri). It is also the livelihood of 711,313 families distributed in 19 regions of the country. The […]
Midagri: chicken price remains at S/11 in markets
He chicken price it was located at S/11.53 per kilogram for this beginning of the week in the retail markets of metropolitan Lima, according to the latest Bulletin of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri). This represents a slight decrease of 3.3% in relation to Friday, May 19, where it was at S/11.93. […]
Given El Niño, the supply of fish for households will be reduced
It is often said that in Peru the chicken is the king, since this bird is present in the daily diet of homes, but a fact that is little talked about is that every Peruvian consumes around 16 kilos of fish per year, with which we are located above any other country in South America, […]
Food insecurity hits northern regions hardest
The food insecurity during 2022 it affected about 258 million people in 58 countries around the world. The figure is almost 38% more than that registered in the previous year when it reached around 192 million people, according to the latest Global Report on Food Crises 2023 (GRFC) prepared by the World Bank. This number […]
Midagri will activate catastrophic livestock insurance this year to protect small farmers
The ministry is analyzing the design of the guarantee so that the benefited producers can have compensation based on the number of cattle they have lost. ONP: how much pension will I receive if I only contributed 10 years and what is the application process? Price of the dollar today in Peru: what is the […]
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 […]
Chicken price would fall in June: what factors does a greater decrease depend on?
The price of a kilo of chicken remains elusive to the pocket of citizens after exceeding S/12 in the retail markets of Lime and various cities in the country. In a context in which the dollar is falling, many wonder if the cheap exchange rate influences a reduction in the price of this food. However, […]
Midagri approves financing for the trade of agricultural products with credits of up to S/40,000
The owner of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), Nelly Paredes del Castillo, reported the approval of a program of financing credits for the commercialization of products, for small and medium producers. Likewise, the loan lines will reach up to S/40,000 and will have an effective rate of 3.5% per year. “From the […]