Peru: Casma farmers sell mango at historic prices

(Agraria.pe) The Kent mango campaign in Casma, Áncash, began with excellent prices for farmers who managed well and managed to have fruit despite the climatic adversities. The harvest has begun in the upper part of the Yaután district and a kilo of mango for export by air has reached S/ 10, when last year it barely reached S/ 1.5. While a kilo of mango for sea export has a current average price of S/ 7 when in 2023 it was S/ 0.75. In addition, a kilo of mango for the national market has a cost of S/ 3.5 when in the previous campaign its price was S/ 0.5. While the discarded mango for processing plants has a current price of S/ 3 per kilo “The 20 kilo mango box for export by air is selling for about S/ 200 and it is the first time we have those prices, it is historic. There is little fruit and exporters fight for the product to fulfill their contracts abroad. All of this benefits Casma, which has mangoes as its main economic source,” commented the president of the Agrarian Health ...