International traders wonder how European customers will react to so little Peruvian mango and what will happen in the future

(Agraria.pe) The vision of a mango field in Motupe (Lambayeque), whose production level would be at a poor 0.1%, led Andreas Wolf, commercial director of the marketing company Bratzler & Co. GMbH (Germany), to wonder : “How much will mango markets rise from January to April 2024 based on this historically poor harvest? How will European consumer behavior react?” The executive recalled that at this time of year, the mango fields should be full of fruit, but nothing is seen today, which, he is clear, is related to the El Niño Phenomenon, which causes the trees to lose synchronization. “This is tragic for farmers and workers who will lose production and many questions remain unanswered,” he noted. Among those pending questions from this scenario, the question was asked: “Will farmers continue to invest despite the crop failure to prepare trees for the 2025 season or will there be another poor harvest?” The reality is, he adds, that there has never been a mango harvest so structurally ...