Challenges for the Peruvian avocado industry in 2024

(Agraria.pe) Although this year the weather factor has been the cause of stagnation in the growth of the Peruvian avocado, everything indicates that the predictions of a drastic El Niño phenomenon are diluting and cooling. Despite this, we must be attentive to what is happening with the climate and prepare to slightly reduce the harmful effect that the El Niño phenomenon may have and to do so it is necessary to know the challenges that will have to be overcome. “Everything indicates that it is going to be a not so serious El Niño, at least the probabilities have been decreasing and we are facing colder seas off the Peruvian coast. The indicators, the temperatures are normalizing and we could have a good campaign next year. It seems that Mexico comes with smaller fruit, while Colombia, Spain and Chile come with less fruit - Peru will not have as high a production. With respect to prices or how the markets will ultimately behave, no one knows that,” noted the president of the ...