2022 has not been good for agriculture in Ayacucho. According to information from the Regional Directorate of Agriculture, the The region lost more than 15,000 hectares of crops and 40,000 head of alpaca died due to adverse climatic phenomena such as water deficit.
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The regional director of Agriculture of Ayacucho, William Torres Gutiérrez, stated that the loss of the 15,000 hectares of crops represents around 20% of the usual regional production and is equivalent to an economic loss of more than S/100 million soles to the detriment of the farmers.
Regarding the death of alpacas due to lack of food, he indicated that his sector only has 144,000 soles annually to counteract this problem with the purchase of seeds for fodder, antiparasitics and medicines, but that it is insufficient to serve the entire region. .
“Ten years ago the agricultural sector is going through a difficult situation, on the one hand, there were frosts, then the pandemic, the water deficit, that is, the agricultural sector is affected by adverse weather phenomena”said the head of the Regional Directorate of Agriculture.
On the other hand, he warned that this year there will be a lack of food and gave as an example the low production of potatoes that went from costing S/1.50 to S/4.00 in the market.
