Strawberries season in the new normal in Argentina

| Argentina | Strawberry production in Argentina is carried out mainly in the provinces of Santa Fe, Tucumán, Buenos Aires, Jujuy and Corrientes; the first three represent around 70% of the country's total production. In the northern provinces, the harvest window begins in the months of May - June and extends until the months of October and November, reaching the last weeks of the year with fruit for industry. Later, during the summer months, the demand for strawberries is covered by the production of southern Buenos Aires -which has the city of Mar del Plata among its major suppliers- and by merchandise from provinces such as Rio Negro and Neuquén. How did the social, preventive and mandatory isolation decreed by the national government as a result of the pandemic impacted? In the southeast of Buenos Aires, which were in the middle of the campaign, the blow came due to an abrupt and unexpected decrease in consumption. “The decline in the markets for our products since March 20 ...