Conveagro: rice and corn production fell by more than 20% due to lack of fertilizers

Production of paddy rice and durum yellow corn fell by more than 20% as of June this year. According to him National Institute of Statistics and Informaticsas planting areas have shrunk and climatic conditions have retarded the development of plants.

According to Climaco Cardenas, President of the National Assembly of the Peruvian Agro-Industrial Complex (Conveagro), growers did not plant the same percentage of hectares due to lack of fertilizer.

“This is directly related to the lack of fertilizer, so in several regions of Peru it was decided to sow less hectares of land, because the cost of fertilizer and various inputs has increased, so the farmer decides to enter into a contract. number of crops and focus on crops that use less fertilizer,” he explained.

According to INE reportI, the harvest of paddy rice fell by 21.88% and durum yellow corn by 20.23%, at the national level, with a decrease in planted area by 24.19% and 20.23%, respectively. The regions with the lowest rice production were Lambaeque, San Martin and La Libertad, while Ica Cajamarca and Lima were the three departments with the smallest maize cultivation.

For Climaco Cardenas, Conveagro’s forecast came true as they predicted a contraction of more than 15%. total planted area, and according to the spokesperson, the regional offices of Piura and Arequipa agreed with the warning. The problem will worsen if the delay in the supply of fertilizers continues.

Farmers buy fertilizers at their own expense

Several weeks ago, Farmers in Arequipa purchased 10,000 tons of urea; but other regions in the south and in the center of the country also gathered to buy fertilizersalthough the shipment would still arrive in more than a month.

“This is a meeting of advice from macrosur users, they agreed to start this process (buying with their own resources) so that southern regions such as Moquegua, Tacna and the center of the country are supplied, but fertilizers will still arrive within 30-45 days and everything this was facilitated by the Ministry of Agrarian Development (Midagri), which could not bring fertilizers,” he said.

It comes from fertilizer bought by Midagri, still deposited.

Meanwhile, The arrival of fertilizers purchased by the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Land Reclamation is unknown. A few days ago, the owner of this portfolio, Andrés Alencastre, announced the completion of the urea procurement process in a week.
To date, at least three procurement processes have been carried out, the first was abandoned, the rest were observed by the controller, the last will be the fourth.