A New Peruvian Potato Will Help Farmers Weather The Cold
A trio of CALS scientists introduced a new frost-resistant potato variety in Peru that can help farmers contend without difficulties on growing conditions because of a harsh climate. According to...
View ArticleGreen skin avocado offers from Peru is decreasing
The offer of green skin avocados from Peru is lower than in 2018, according to information from Flesh Plaza. Most of the requests for this type of avocado comes from the European Union and it is...
View ArticlePeru exported $2.5 billion in fruits and vegetables during 2018
During 2018, fruits and vegetables exported from Peru reached more than $2.5 billion US dollars, according to the Agricultural Export Report of BBVA Research. Avocado and blueberry grapes accounted...
View ArticleLast May 30 Peru Celebrated National Potato Day
On May 30 the National Potato Day was celebrated in Peru to divulge the importance of the nutritional value this tuber has. According to Andina News Agency, the Andean tuber was domesticated thousands...
View ArticleFarmers In Peru Find Ways To Grow Food Without Harming The Forest
In Iquitos, farmers usually burn parts of the Amazon rainforest to grow food in the fertile soil, but now they have found alternatives to the destructive practice. According to DW, this is a project...
View ArticleTechnology Helps Boost Quinoa Farmers’ Output in Puno
Andina reports that over 900 small and medium-sized producers of organic quinoa improved their harvest output thanks to trainings on agricultural technology. Trainings carried out by The National...
View ArticlePeru Asks China for Technical Assistance to Make Potato Noodles
The Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation said that she is managing technical assistance and technology from China to develop new products based on potatoes (such as noodles) for export purposes....
View ArticleBreaking the Cycle of Poverty in Coffee Farming: José Rivera’s Sustainable...
A few weeks ago Jose Rivera CEO of Origin Coffee Lab, a coffe trader from Jaén in the Cajamarca region was awarded with the Specialty Coffee Asociation on the individual category for his work with...
View ArticleCHEERS FOR PERUVIAN CEVICHE
UNESCO has inscribed the preparation and consumption of ceviche on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This recognition marks it as the twelfth element from the...
View ArticleOregano from Tacna: A New Denomination of Origin
Indecopi reported that Tacna Oregano joins the other ten denominations of origin from Peru. Indecopi, through the Directorate of Distinctive Signs, issued the registration certificate for the...
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