Junín: Cochas producers strengthen the health of their crops with organic technologies

Small and medium-sized producers from the rural areas of the Cochas district, Concepción province, in the Junín region, have adopted organic agricultural technologies with the aim of strengthening the health of their crops and reducing crop losses caused by pests and diseases. This was during the development of the Plant Clinical Technical Assistance Modules, organized by the National Institute of Agricultural Innovation (INIA), with the purpose of helping producers improve the quality, yield, and competitiveness of potato, olluco, bean, pea, corn, and gladiolus crops for different markets. The intervention, directed by INIA through the Santa Ana Agricultural Experimental Station in alliance with the NGO CABI PlantwisePlus, allowed for the transfer of technologies focused on integrated pest management in cultivation, proper use of agrochemicals, preparation and application of solid and liquid organic fertilizers, production of genetically and phytosanitary quality seeds, as well ...