A kilogram of Cajamarquina potatoes can cost S/7 due to lack of fertilizer.

In view of that the inability of the government to buy fertilizer for farmersand after yet another disappointed call, agricultural producers are already warning of direct consequences for the prices of the inputs they will harvest.

Such is the case with farmers in Cajamarca, who are predicting higher prices for the country’s most consumed tubers, such as potatoes, the president confirmed. Council of Users of the Chonta and Kakhamarkino Rivers, Juan Chuquimango has warned of nearly 50% price increases by 2023.

“The cost may increase by another 50%, we are talking about 6-7 salts per kilogram by 2023, this is the concern of housewives.The spokesperson explained. Currently, a kilo of yellow potatoes costs S/2.50 and a kilo of white potatoes costs S/3.

In the Cajamarca region, not only potatoes are grown, but also corn, wheat, corn, etc. Farmers need urea to grow 90% of these crops; Although they had the hope of buying the government, at least 40% of the million manufacturers that exist in the entire department will be affected with the last call.

“For peasants this is another delay in the production of agricultural and dairy products, it affects us too much. In the period from November to December, winter begins, and these are the first days of sowing, without fertilizers there is no product that could be exported to other cities and markets,” Chukimango explained to RPP Noticias.

Cajamarc farmers keep their last hope of bringing guano from the island and bird droppings, so this year’s campaign losses are not complete.

Meanwhile, what happened to the government-declared urea

The appeal to purchase more than 348 million soles of fertilizer was again rejected. This was confirmed by the Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) Andrés Alencastre.

“We have accepted a number of conditions in the course of absolutely transparent negotiations. The company has abandoned, by its own criteria, this impressive management that we have deployed from August 18 to today in an attempt to make an international purchase. This decision cannot be subject to the behavior of the company,” he told RPP Noticias.

Alencastre recalled that the awarding of the Italian company UnionSped took place on 13 August because the other participants refrained from continuing when submitting the controller’s comments.

What happened to all processes?

The first purchase process was invalidated because the controller considered that the participants did not meet the conditions. June 12 was awarded the second purchase processwhich was annulled ten days later due to the release of an audio recording of the alleged bribe, which was also discovered by the controller.

A week later, the third procurement process began and, according to the president, the fertilizer arrived on July 31st. On August 4, a good pro was awarded, but The controller sent comments to the companyfor this reason, Midagri announced a contract with an Italian company, which also refused.

Despite the fact that these serious problems with procurement processes were derailed four times, President Pedro Castillo blamed the bureaucracy of the ministries and Minister Alencastre questioned UnionSped for “irregular and intermittent behavior”.