The quality challenges left by the table grape campaign in Piura, according to Redagrícola Perú

Published 2023년 2월 24일

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The 2022-23 table grape export campaign in Piura, Peru, saw mixed results due to challenges such as lower temperatures, increased fertilizer costs, and water salinity. These issues affected the quality and maturity of the fruit, with many grapes failing to reach the required Brix degrees for export and some fields under-fertilized. The cold temperatures also extended the productive cycles and caused hard or green berries. A dry year exacerbated water salinity problems, particularly in Alto Piura. However, the investment in reverse osmosis plants to filter salts from water has supported farming operations, despite increasing costs. Additionally, the region is hopeful for a break in the cycle of three cold years, with early indications showing a potential end to the El Niño phenomenon, following a record-breaking temperature of 39° in February, a reading not seen in half a century.

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Those farms that did not adjust their management to the lower temperatures present in the 2022-23 campaign and that cut budgets due to the higher costs of fertilizers had problems reaching the Brix degrees and the maturity necessary to export. In addition, the cycle lengthened between 7 to 15 days. Although the 2022/2023 campaign was within the normal range in terms of volumes, many fields faced problems in reaching the Brix degrees required for the new table grape varieties. According to businessmen and advisers, a lot of fruit was exported with just 14° Brix instead of 17° or 18°, due to problems with the rise in fertilizer prices that forced many to adjust their nutritional plans, added to the low temperatures in 2022. "In Piura there were many Brix problems with fruit that was exported at 14°. The high prices of fertilizers have caused some fields to underfertilize in the last two years and the plant has arrived worn out. It was trusted that the new varieties are productive in ...

Source: Redagricola