MIDAGRI: More than 70 thousand producers in Peru benefited from a fruit fly control campaign

Published 2024년 2월 1일

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The Peruvian Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation is working to eradicate the fruit fly pest that affects family farming producers across the country. The initiative, in coordination with the National Agrarian Health Service, has already benefited nearly 71,000 farmers and improved the health of over 143,000 hectares of fruit and vegetable crops. The eradication of the fruit fly will enable the marketing of fruits in both national and international markets, bolstering food security, the local economy, and promoting sustainable agriculture. The Mosca IV Project, launched in 2019, aims to complete the eradication stage by 2024.

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Within the framework of prevention actions for the El Niño Phenomenon, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, through the National Agrarian Health Service – SENASA, continues to reinforce actions to eradicate the fruit fly pest for the benefit of the family farming producers from various regions of the country. Around 70,986 farmers from Piura, Tumbes, Lambayeque, Cajamarca, Amazonas, La Libertad, Cusco and Apurímac have been benefiting from the improvement in the phytosanitary condition of their crops because, in coordination with SENASA, they carry out work aimed at controlling this pest in their fields, where the collection and burial of overripe fruits and those affected by the fruit fly, and the raking of soils are highlighted as important practices. These actions have allowed 143,637 fruit and vegetable hectares in the aforementioned regions to be in the process of eradicating the pest, which indicates that the damage caused to the fruit is minimal. The ...

Source: Senasa