Peru combats pests with the use of biological control agents on more than 209,000 hectares of crops.

With the aim of strengthening food security in our country, the National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa) announced that, in the last three years, Peru has used biological control agents on more than 209,000 hectares of fruit and vegetable crops to combat various pests and diseases that affect agricultural production and yield. These actions seek to reduce the use of chemical pesticides, which affect crop yields, and thus obtain healthy and safe products with new markets, protecting the health of producers and consumers. So far in 2025, 23,610 hectares have been treated with these biological control agents, and between 2024 and 2023, 185,979 hectares have been treated, primarily in citrus, avocado, grape, cocoa, sugarcane, rice, corn, olive, tomato, coffee, asparagus, and other crops. During the field activities carried out during this period, a greater number of biological control agents were used, such as Trichogramma spp., Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Anagyrus vladimiri, ...