Drought: Potato production in Peru would fall by 40%

If the droughts and frosts continue in Peru, potato production could drop by up to 40%, which could generate a shortage of this food in the wholesale markets of Lima and other regions of the country, warned the Guild for the Protection of Crops (Protec) of the Chamber of Commerce of Lima (CCL). Faced with this problem, the president of the Protec Guild, Rubén Carrasco, pointed out that farmers had already been experiencing a reduction in the production of this tuber estimated at that time at 20% due to the increase in fertilizers and the lack of certified seeds. However, now with the droughts and frosts, he estimates that this indicator would drop by 40%. "Even so, we continue to evaluate the situation with the hope that in the coming days there will be rain," the executive said. In the same way, Carrasco mentioned that, according to experts, we are currently experiencing one of the worst droughts in the last ten years, which mainly affects the southern and central mountains of ...