Peru: More than 16,000 producers work with SENASA to protect the production of the Andean tuber
Fresh Common Potato
Peru
Published May 31, 2022
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Within the framework of the "National Potato Day", SENASA, as a strategic arm of MIDAGRI, has been carrying out permanent actions in the field, in order to protect production, preserve food security and increase the consumption of this Andean tuber throughout the country. managing to benefit 16,323 small producers dedicated to this crop.
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Within the framework of "National Potato Day", SENASA, as a strategic arm of MIDAGRI, has been carrying out permanent actions in the field, in order to safeguard production, preserve food security and increase the consumption of this Andean tuber throughout the country. managing to benefit 16,323 small producers dedicated to this crop. The phytosanitary protection exercised by SENASA is deployed from a permanent phytosanitary surveillance, control of present pests, seed certification, conventional training and Field Schools; actions that allow supplying the national market and keeping the country free of quarantine pests. In this task, it has been essential to share experiences in the field with producers, through learning spaces of 06 months, which have served for the producer to recognize how to face phytosanitary problems and how to improve their production techniques. This strategy called "Field Schools" has allowed 8,115 producers from the regions of Amazonas, Ancash, ...
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