They forecast a 12% increase in the Peruvian coffee harvest, encouraged by better fertilization of farms

Coffee production, which has started two weeks ago in areas below 1,000 meters above sea level, shows a significant increase of 12% compared to the harvest in 2022, which reached a volume of 228 thousand tons of green coffee. The technical evaluation in the northeastern coffee corridor, such as Cajamarca, Amazonas and San Martin, as well as in Junín, Oxapampa, Huánuco and Ucayali, reports a possible harvest of 255 thousand tons, encouraged by good agricultural practices on the farms, especially application of fertilizers, despite their high prices. "The only coffee-growing area that shows a contraction in production corresponds to La Convención, as a result of the lack of rain in the months of grain filling," said Tomás Córdova Marchena, president of the National Coffee Board (JNC). He said that in San Martín there are still heavy rains, to which is added the lack of labor for the collection of grains, would affect the harvest and the economy of the thousands of producers in the ...