Agriculture & Fisheries
From The Report: Peru 2015
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Increased domestic consumption, exports and investment have led to consistent growth in the agriculture sector for more than a decade. From 2003-12 growth averaged 4.14%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation. However, a decline in production volumes of key crops, in particular coffee, saw growth slow to 2.2% in 2013. The development of industrial and export-oriented agriculture, concentrated on the Peruvian coast, is leading sector growth and diversification efforts. The government has supported growth in this segment with a number of large-scale irrigation infrastructure projects that are quickly expanding irrigated land. Meanwhile, the fishing industry is facing a second year of troubled waters as supplies of anchovies, the sector’s prime catch, have fallen to a record-low. In a climate of instability, the sector is increasing diversification efforts to reduce dependence on the delicate resource.

This chapter features an interview with José Chlimper, CEO, Agrokasa.

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Overview

Despite slower growth, the sector outlook remains stable
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Agriculture in Peru is a story of contrasts. The development of industrial and export-oriented agriculture, concentrated on the Peruvian coast, is leading sector growth and diversification efforts. Since 2000, industrial agriculture has grown at an annual average rate of 6.7% while non-traditional agro-exports have increased at an annual average rate of 19%, driven primarily by vegetable and fruit exports. The government has supported growth in this segment with a number of large-scale irrigation…

Interview

José Chlimper, CEO, Agrokasa: Interview
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Interview:José Chlimper To what extent are government interventions effective at boosting productivity and competitiveness? JOSÉCHLIMPER: Government interventions have not always achieved their goals. In the past, for example, there were indiscriminate subsidies for cotton production, without requiring any minimum productivity levels. Even today there is a mandated price range for yellow field corn and a legal impediment to using more advanced seeds, which impacts hundreds of thousands…

Analysis

Choppy waters: Diversification efforts are up as instability over anchovy supply continues
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Fishermen in Peru are facing a second consecutive year of losses as the supply of anchovy, the sector’s prime catch, has dropped to a record low. In a climate of instability, the sector is increasing diversification efforts to reduce dependence on the delicate resource. Anchovy The Ministry of Production (Ministerio de Producción, PRODUCE), which oversees fisheries and issues the total allowable catch (TAC) for the season, suspended the second anchovy season of 2014, (which normally takes place…