Cherries and nuts will be the next products of the Peruvian agro-export basket

(Agraria.pe) Cherry and dried fruit will be the next products to be incorporated into the Peruvian agro-export basket, estimated the president of the consulting firm Inform@cción, Fernando Cillóniz Benavides. He pointed out that, in the case of cherries, they require hours of cold for their production, so it would not be suitable in areas such as Olmos (Lambayeque), Chavimochic (La Libertad) or Piura. In the case of Ica, he said that it has the attribute of cold, but it is not very intense, so this crop could be planted in Arequipa or areas of the Sierra where the cold is clearly felt. However, he did not rule out that -with the contribution of genetics- cherries can be grown well on the coast, as was the case with blueberries and grapes, which are also crops that require hours of cold but have been able to adapt to the climate of the coast (the grape is even grown in Piura). Other crops Cillóniz pointed out that other products that would be added to the agro-export basket would ...