200,000 blueberry plants from Chile will enter Peru this month

The National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa) has just given the green light to two Peruvian agricultural companies to import blueberry plants of Chilean origin (Vaccinium corymbosum). In detail, Consorcio Agrícola Moquegua S.A.C. will enter 150,000 bushes and Family Farms Peru another 50,000, thus adding 200,000 in total. The entry of these plants into the country will be carried out through the Santa Rosa Border Complex (Tacna), in a context in which various companies are betting on new varieties of said fruit to face climate changes. In accordance with Directorial Resolution No. D000010-2024-MIDAGRI-SENASA-DSV, the import of blueberry plants from Consorcio Agrícola Moquegua S.A.C. will take place in six shipments this March. The plants will be destined for the department of Moquegua. Meanwhile, Directorial Resolution No. D000011-2024-MIDAGRI-SENASA-DSV approved that Family Farms Perú receive two shipments from the aforementioned plants during March. The plant species will be ...