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First organic banana cluster created in Peru
Cluster aims to improve the competitiveness of the sector and make production more sustainable
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A group of organic banana growers in Peru has come together to create the country’s first organic banana cluster in order to improve the sector’s competitiveness and make production more sustainable.
The group, based in Piura, northern Peru, accounts for 40 per cent of the country’s organic banana output, worth more than US$125m a year.
The project, which is backed by the government and NGO Solidaridad Internacional, is focused on improving the economic, social and environmental aspects of banana cultivation.
Peruvian organic banana production is expected to decrease by 10%
The president of the National Banana Board (JNB), Valentin Ruiz Delgado, said that this year s national production of organic bananas would be 10% smaller in volume than the production of 2019 as a result of the restrictions generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the mismanagement of water resources.
Ruiz Delgado said that, due to the drop in production, Peruvian producers had been unable to comply with 100% of the contracts they had abroad, which implies a risk for Peru s good image as a producing country.
State support
The president of the JNB said that they expected a better harvest in 2021, but that it could be affected by the decrease in the distribution of water from the Poechos dam (Piura), which is forecast to fall by 15%. This will mainly bring problems to the lower part, known as the canal tail , which has already been affected. In some sectors the plants have not been watered for more