Agriculture & Fisheries
From The Report: Peru 2018
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Peru’s agriculture sector has enjoyed consecutive annual expansions in recent times, with agricultural GDP growing at an average rate of 3.3% per year between 2000 and 2015 – above the regional average for Latin America, according to a March 2018 report by the World Bank titled “Gaining momentum in Peruvian agriculture: Opportunities to increase productivity and enhance competitiveness”. The country climbed two positions to 53rd in the 2017 Global Food Security Index, which ranks 113 countries according to the affordability, availability and quality of food for the population. The strength of Peruvian agriculture is due in part to its crop diversity, with coastal regions providing the majority of exports and inland production channelled towards domestic consumption. Agriculture currently constitutes 7.3% of GDP, according to the World Bank. This chapter features interviews with Adriana Giudice, General Manager, Austral Group; and Jorge Arangurí, Executive Director, Danper.

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Overview

Output growth: Productivity is on the rise, but disparities persist between different regions of the country
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Peru’s agriculture sector has enjoyed consecutive annual expansion in recent times, with agricultural GDP growing at an average rate of 3.3% per year between 2000 and 2015 – above the regional average for Latin America, according to a March 2018 report by the World Bank titled “Gaining momentum in Peruvian agriculture: Opportunities to increase productivity and enhance competitiveness”. The country climbed two positions to 53rd on the 2017 Global Food Security Index, which ranks 113 countries…

Analysis

Continuous improvement: Multiple investments and innovation programmes are under way to boost production
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The opening months of 2018 were a trying time, with strikes by potato growers from nine regions protesting the falling price of the crop and demanding support through the purchase of surplus volume by the government. Indeed, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego, MINAGRI), the prices of several potato varieties more than halved between February 2016 and February 2018. This was attributed to overproduction of the crop, with then-minister of agriculture…

Interview

Plenty of fish in the sea: Adriana Giudice, General Manager, Austral Group, on increasing export levels and broadening scientific research
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Interview :Adriana Giudice How do climate conditions and regulation affect catches and export levels? ADRIANA GIUDICE: Fisheries exports, which represented 7% of total exports in 2017, have suffered a negative impact in recent years due to regulation and weather phenomena such as El Niño. Between 2012 and 2017 fishery exports fell by 15%, or $513m. Considering that fishmeal and fish oil – which are produced exclusively from anchovies – represent 70% of total fisheries exports, the availability…

Interview

Resource rich: Jorge Arangurí, Executive Director, Danper, on innovation and the country’s competitive advantages
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Interview :Jorge Arangurí How significant is the development of Peru’s own technology to further add value to its products? JORGE ARANGURÍ: Peru can lead innovation efforts in the region by bridging the technology gap in the agro-industrial sector in order to satisfy increasingly demanding international markets. Consumers expect healthy products and the ability to check information on a product’s nutritional values. Technology is the answer to providing this information. Until now,…

Analysis

Less is more: A drive to promote sustainable operations and curb overfishing is coupled with increased investment in aquaculture
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The fishing sector got off to a strong start in 2018, with 777,000 tonnes caught in January – a year-on-year increase of 7.5%. Based on the year’s healthy opening catch, the Ministry of Production expects the 2018 volume of output to be 38% more than the previous year, although that estimate depends in part on oceanographic conditions remaining favourable. Anchoveta The anticipated increase for 2018 will be primarily driven by larger catches of Peruvian anchoveta, a staple in the sector that…

Overview

Seeking sustainability: Digital and precision farming practices are poised to bolster global agriculture resiliency – Peru 2018
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Against a backdrop of increasingly severe and costly climate events and natural disasters, technology is poised to play an important role in maintaining and improving global agricultural output. The adoption of digital and precision farming practices has been shown to improve crop resiliency and boost productivity and incomes, particularly in emerging markets where small-scale farmers are often more vulnerable to climatic impacts. With increasing support from international aid agencies, as well as the public and private sectors, precision farming should help emerging market economies maintain production through the use of mobile apps, automation,…