Javier Fernando Arce Alvarado assumed this Sunday, May 22, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri). Arce will replace Oscar Zea In a context of uncertainty regarding the possible food security crisis that he would face Peru due to the scarcity of fertilizers.
Zea steps down from office amid criticism of farmers’ unions and with the antecedent of the strike of carriers and ranchers. Last Tuesday, May 17, various legislators filed a motion against him for having invested just 21% of the budget for his now finished administration.
In the case of the new holder of the Midagriit is about a congressman who entered the last legislative elections as an Andean parliamentarian with the party of the head of state, Free Peru. However, the appointment was not coordinated with the bench or with the secretary Vladimir Cerron, as stated the sentenced ex-governor of Junín through social networks.
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Academic training
The Arequipa minister records complete basic education. Also concluded the career of Business Administration at the non-state Technological Higher Institute of Santiago de Surco, as stated in your resume. He has no university studies and, therefore, no postgraduate studies.
The study center mentioned does not appear on the page of the Ministry of Education which brings together higher education institutes licensed by the state entity.
The non-state Santiago de Surco Higher Technological Institute was consulted and there was no response. Photo: capture.
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Work experience
Arce worked —according to what was stated on the informed voting web portal of the National Election Jury— as general manager at the construction company Kayson Perú SAC, since its foundation in 2013. The headquarters where the member of the Andean Parliament officiated is located in Puente stone, lime The annual gross income per individual exercise that he registered is S / 61,000.
political career
In 1996 the newly appointed minister was elected as district councilor of Santa Rosa, in the country’s capital. Fourteen years later, between 2010 and 2011, he served as general secretary in the same municipality.
He was part of Cambio Radical, a political organization founded by José Barba Caballero. Arce resigned in 2011. He also joined the ranks of the leftist Peruvian Nationalist Party, created by former president Ollanta Humala. He resigned in 2015.
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the leader of Free Peru, Vladimir Cerron, assured that the changes of four ministers in the cabinet were not consulted with his party. Likewise, he ruled out that members of the caucuses participated in this election. Free Peru and Magisterial. “These are the president’s own decisions (peter castle),” he said on his Twitter account.
Tweet by Vladimir Cerrón
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Cerronistas against the new ministers appointed by Pedro Castillo
Two Congressmen of Free Perufrom the cerronista wing, spoke out against the new designations in the Minister council. In this way, Guido Bellido Y Kelly Portalatino They made their refusal known through their social networks
“President, it is a serious mistake to set aside the people who elected you. This has generated a political cost and the population will take it into account and keep it in mind,” wrote legislator Guido Bellido. In his turn, Kelly Portalatinoclaimed: “President peter castle we cannot continue to appoint ministers without meeting the minimum career line requirements! The Peruvian people need and deserve job creation, public investment”.
Photo: LR composition
Questions against Fernando Arce
Fernando Arce Alvarado He is from Arequipa and completed his studies in Business Administration at the Higher Institute of Santiago de Surco. He currently serves as Andean parliamentarian for the 2021-2026 period, a position he agreed to after applying last year in the ranks of Peru Libre.
Between 2010 and 2011, he served as general secretary in the district of Santa Rosa, he was also district councilor of that jurisdiction in 1995, but he does not have more experience or studies in issues related to agriculture, which was noted after his swearing-in in government palace. Different political actors pointed out that Arce’s profile is not optimal to handle a possible food crisis that would affect Peru.
Unions of farmers and ranchers in disagreement with the new Minister of Agrarian Development
Daniel Lozada, president of the Agricultural Society of Arequipa (SADA), pointed out that it is very worrying that a person without professional experience in the sector directs their destinies in a more than critical situation in the face of an imminent food crisis. “We do not know him in the sector or his professional career,” he indicated for La República.
Gianni Simoni Rosas, president of the Regional Milk Council of Arequipa, indicated that with the election of Arce it is confirmed that this portfolio is adrift. “It is a decision taken quite lightly. What we need is people specialized in the ministry”, declared the leader.
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Enrique Wong criticizes Arce’s choice in the Midragri: “He is completely unaware”
congressman Henry Wong (Podemos Peru) regretted the appointment of Fernando Arce as Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation. The parliamentarian asked the Executive “to be careful” to choose experienced officials.
“Completely unaware. You should ask him what are the fertilizers, maybe you don’t know what fertilizers are used. We all talk about urea, but fertilizers are phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen,” said Wong, who highlighted the great challenge faced by Midagri in the face of a possible food crisis.
Enrique Wong stressed that the new head of Midagri must fight against a possible food crisis. Photo: Congress
In Cusco, a sack of urea costs the equivalent of 16 arrobas of potatoes
The agricultural production will drop by 30%. Cuzco is no exception. A similar decline is expected. That is why they demand immediate government intervention. Production costs in the field will vary substantially due to the value of the fertilizers (urea, phosphate, nitrogen and others). In a single year, they have increased by around 300%. Before the inauguration of the president peter castle its price ranged between 80 to 90 soles, but today it exceeds 250 soles. The readjustment is attributed to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, both countries that produce these fertilizers.
According to the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Agrarian Federation Cuzco (Fartac), a union that brings together this sector, requires at least 100 thousand tons of fertilizers to cover almost the same number of hectares of agricultural land in Cuzco.
