National wheat production only covers 9% of domestic demand in Peru

(Agraria.pe) Peruvian wheat production amounts to 200 thousand tons per year on average, which are cultivated and harvested in 235 thousand hectares, obtaining an average yield of 1.8 tons per hectare. This was reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), who pointed out that most of the wheat areas in our country are located in the country's mountains. He explained that these 200 thousand tons produced only cover 9% of the national demand, so 91% is imported, basically from the United States, Canada and Argentina (2 million tons per year on average). These supplier countries are large producers worldwide that allocate 15 million hectares, 9 million and 6.5 million, respectively, to their cultivation (USDA, 2022). Until 2015, the national production of wheat was above 200 thousand tons. In that same year, a volume of 215 thousand tons was produced. Thereafter, it declined below 200 thousand tons and bottomed out in 2020 at 186.8 thousand tons. ...