Peru: El Niño affects tangerine crops and some blueberry varieties

The warmer temperatures this winter in Peru, which are believed to be early signs of the El Niño weather phenomenon, are affecting not only mangoes, but causing some delays in the citrus and blueberry harvest. According to Fresh Plaza, a producer and exporter of blueberries, citrus fruits, avocados and white asparagus, with farms located in Virú, in the La Libertad region, with more than a thousand hectares, comment that the rise in temperatures has delayed their harvests of tangerines and blueberries. "The tangerine season has been delayed due to the heat, as the color of the fruit has been affected and the harvest is four or five weeks late. These warm temperatures have also affected early blueberries, which also have a bit of a slack. The flowering of some varieties such as Ventura has also been delayed and it seems that the season will be somewhat longer than expected in Peru, but we will see." The newspaper reports that for growers, despite the early delay, this will not ...