Archive
08/11/2017
How to help women in family farming achieve their full potential?
Nearly 2.6 million women run farms in the region. Technical assistance and rural extension with a gender-based focus are key to their [...]
25/10/2017
How do small producers face the global boom of quinoa?
In recent years, the world has been taken with this superfood from the Andes and exports from Peru and Bolivia have increased. [...]
23/10/2017
Peruvian women demand greater equal rights in agriculture
A group of women are requesting better, fairer conditions for women in food production and commercialization.
17/10/2017
Peru anticipates rain and accelerates investment for prevention works
Channeling and cleaning works have been reviewed for rivers in the province of Huaura.
16/10/2017
Food labeling in Latin America and the Caribbean: interventionism or a necessary fight against malnutrition?
The arrival of new, more aggressive nutritional information policies marks a turning point the degree of intervention of many countries in the [...]
12/10/2017
Peru, the World Bank and FAO see innovation as a path to reducing the social divide in agriculture
The inequalities between rural and urban areas in Peru demonstrate the growing need to invest in innovative methods and technologies. The National Plan [...]
05/10/2017
Peru ratifies an international agreement to eradicate illegal fishing
Peru has become the thirteenth country in Latin America and the Caribbean to ratify the Agreement on Port State Measures, striving to [...]
19/09/2017
Experts predict El Niño will not hit Ecuador and Peru in 2018
The Multisectoral Commission anticipates stable conditions for next summer (December 2017-March 2018) for the Central Pacific, followed by conditions of La Niña [...]
12/09/2017
Peru starts to export pork to Bolivia
Health requirements will be published in the next few days, allowing the export of pork to Bolivia.
07/09/2017
Peru's farming sector up 9% in July 2017
Peruvian farming sector achieves a record-high growth of 9%.