Despite COVID-19, the Peruvian agricultural sector grew 2% between January and May this year

Published 2020년 7월 17일

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In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peru's agricultural sector has seen a 2.0% increase in growth from January to May of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri). This growth is attributed to a 2.4% rise in agricultural subsectors, such as pýprika, paddy rice, blueberry, and corn amilýceo, as well as a 1.3% increase in livestock, mainly chicken, raw cow's milk, chicken eggs, and pig. The month of May alone saw a 1.6% growth in the sector, with significant increases in the production of pecan, paddy rice, hard yellow corn, onion, corn starch, sugar cane for sugar, asparagus, and cocoa. This growth is largely due to increased sowings and harvest adjustments caused by the pandemic.

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Despite the impacts generated by the coronavirus pandemic (covid-19), the agricultural sector continues to grow, and this time experienced an increase of 2.0% in the January-May period of this year compared to the same period in 2019, supported by the higher production of the agricultural subsectors (2.4%) and livestock (1.3%), according to the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri). According to a report by the General Directorate for Monitoring and Evaluation of Policies of the Minagri, only the agricultural subsector had an increase of 2.4%, basically driven by the higher production of: pýprika, which grew 46.6% (in Lima, Ancash and Piura), paddy rice in 18.7% (in Lambayeque, Piura, San Martýn and La Libertad), blueberry 17.0% (in Lambayeque, Ancash and Piura), corn amilýceo 10.7% (Apurýmac, Cusco and Ancash), potato in 7.0% (in Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Apurýmac), hard yellow corn 6.2% (in San Martýn, Ica and Lambayeque), grape 6.9% (in Ica and Piura), ...

Source: InfoAgro