They create digital platform for small and medium agricultural producers in Peru

Published Dec 1, 2021

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A new Digital Platform and Agricultural Development project, named AgroJunín, has been launched in Peru's Junín region to enhance the agricultural sector through improved production, marketing, and income. This initiative aims to provide crucial information such as sales prices, marketing opportunities, input costs, and weather data to micro, small, and medium-sized farmers, focusing on five products: coffee, potatoes, corn, maca, and cow's milk. Developed by the Planning and Management SAC entity, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) and other sector institutions, the project provides a comprehensive suite of information and communication services, advice, facilitation, and training to support farmers' success. A seminar is scheduled for December 3 to present the project's conceptual framework and operational strategies.

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In order to improve the conditions of production, marketing and income from the agricultural sector in our country, the first Digital Platform and Agricultural Development was created, which, initially, is developed in the Junín region, and will be extended to all regions and remote agricultural localities in Peru. This was announced by the general manager of Planning and Management SAC, Juan Escobar, the entity responsible for the development of the project. He explained that in the case of Junín it has been called AgroJunín and micro, small and medium-sized farmers throughout the region are given information on sales prices, opportunities to market their products, the costs of inputs and meteorological data that ensure a sowing and harvesting successful. “This project has started and we are reaching all the Junín provinces with virtual agricultural information. The micro, small and medium-sized farmers in the sector are constantly oriented with quality information for the ...

Source: AgroForumPeru