“The idea is to continue gaining agricultural land from the desert in the north and south of Peru”

20 years ago, Peruvian agro-exports mainly consisted of coffee beans, cocoa beans and asparagus and were worth around $1 billion; last year, however, the agricultural export sector managed to surpass the $10 billion threshold after diversifying its range with fruits like avocados, mandarins, table grapes, mangoes and blueberries, according to Edgar Manuel Vásquez Vela, director of the Global Economics and Business Research Center of the Exporters Association (CIEN – ADEX).

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FreshPlaza Special on Peru (May 2024)