In recent weeks, the lemon and onionessential foods for the family table, have established themselves as the products that have increased their prices the most, even doubling their value per kilogram in the retail markets of metropolitan Lima. In the period between June 14 and August 14 of this year, data provided by the Ministry […]
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Potato production would decrease by more than 481,000 tons this year
The agricultural sector, after having overcome the fertilizer crisis, finds itself in an even more challenging scenario due to the imminent arrival of the El Niño phenomenon. Despite the optimism of farmers who anticipate a 6.5% increase in their crops this agricultural season, some crops could experience a significant reduction in production, according to the […]
Midagri: 3 out of 4 producers own an agricultural plot
The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) and the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) have announced, through the National Agricultural Survey (ENA 2022), that the 75.6% of the producers in the country own at least one of the plots that make up their agricultural unit. In this sense, only 35.5% of agricultural […]
INEI: 88% of family farming in Peru is subsistence
In Peru, agriculture is predominantly family-based, with units that are less than 10 hectares in size and do not employ permanent workers. According to the 2022 National Agrarian Survey (ENA 2022), carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), 97.6% of the agricultural activity in the country is of a family nature. […]
Chavimochic III: 4 countries are interested in participating in the third stage of the project
The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) reported today, July 21, that the States of Japan, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Canada have shown their interest in participating in the execution of the third stage of the Chavimochic project, through the State-to-State contracting process (G2G). The institution remarked that, through General Secretariat Resolution No. 0078-2023-MIDAGRI-SG, […]
Regulations of the law for the associativity of agricultural producers in cooperatives are published
As had been anticipated, this Friday, July 21, Supreme Decree No. 008-2023-MIDAGRI approved and published the regulation of “Law No. 31335, Law for the Improvement of the Association of Agricultural Producers in Agricultural Cooperatives”, which aims to strengthen the association of producers in agricultural cooperatives. Likewise, it will promote the productive activities of more than […]
In 5 years, associativity in the agricultural sector would reach 50%
After a wait of almost two years, the head of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), nelly paredesannounced that the regulations of the Law no. 31335which seeks to strengthen the association of producers in agricultural cooperatives, will finally be published in the coming days. In accordance with Miguel Mendozamanager of the Peruvian Association […]
Midagri announces approval of the regulation of the law of association of producers in agricultural cooperatives
The head of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), nelly paredesannounced this morning that to support the development of small producers, the regulation of the Law No. 31335Law for the Improvement of the Association of Agricultural Producers in Agricultural Cooperatives, which will be published in the coming days. “From the Ministry of Agrarian […]
BCRP: July inflation would be higher than previous months
After the monthly inflation rate had been falling in recent months, to such an extent that last June a variation of -0.15% was registered, a change in trend is expected for July, reaching a higher figure to that of previous months. Adrián Armas, central manager of Economic Studies of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru […]
Midagri and Senasa ban the use of chlorpyrifos in pesticides
He Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), through the National Agrarian Health Service of Peru (Senasa), made official the “prohibition of the registration, import, manufacture and/or formulation of chemical pesticides for agricultural use that contain the active ingredient chlorpyrifos”. This was done through Directorial Resolution 0032-2023-MIDAGRI-SENASA, which was published today, July 12, in the […]