In recent days, the crisis that producers of mango In Peru. The Lambayeque Chamber of Production (CCLAM), has reported that about 80% of the harvest has been lost due to overproduction, while the Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), Ángel Mame, made a call for him to This fruit is not raised more in the next three years.
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Given this situation, the former MidagriJuan Manuel Benites, explained to Peru21 The keys to understand what happens to this food. To begin with, he indicated that it is necessary to understand that the mango is not a campaign crop, which is sown and harvested after three or four years.
“What is happening now is not because They were recorded a few years ago. “
He commented that all this leads to the sale prices of the mango They are reduced, which affects producers. Today in some market the cost already varies between S/1 and S/1.5 per kilo. “More tree production, it makes more offer, I cannot save it, so they let the fruit rot or put it on the market at a very small price,” he added.
Another aspect that has influenced, as detailed, is the weather. In that sense, he explained that there are high temperatures and little water, which leads to a water stress that generates a greater production of the fruit.
He indicated that today the alternatives to save this problem come with many difficulties. For example, he said that one of those options would be to export it, however, for that it is necessary to go through a quality process.
“The other is to sell it as frozen, but for that you need a capacity that could no longer be at this point. An option is also to process it, but we do not have so much capacity for that because Peru has always prioritized the frescoes,” he added.
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Fruit output
For the former president of the Piura Mango Association (APEM), César Morocho, there is currently less production than in previous seasons, however, he pointed out that the problem has been the exit of the fruit.
“Normally the harvest is given in a week, in another one more, until a peak is reached, but that has not happened now. For example, if we used to get 500 containers in three weeks, now it is done in two Weeks, that has saturated the market, “he said.
This situation, he said, mainly affects small producers that would represent 80% of the total. In addition, he argued that the minister’s call to stop sowing for a period of time will not be possible because it should be considered that, if he is sown today, the crop takes three years to leave.
What to do now?
Juan Manuel Benites said that the situation should be used to generate the incentives so that the industry will grow in frozen and processed, so that perishability does not affect the greater production.
He also pointed out that a financial support of the State can be analyzed to mango producers, but looking for the solution in the medium and long term. “The loss is inevitable, but you have to see what kind of solutions can be handled,” he said.
The former minister stressed that it is also necessary for an analysis of what is happened with the industry and why there is no more demand for fruit both nationally and internationally.
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