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Food | June 28, 2011 [ 7:55 ]

Peru’s organic products are gaining ground

Andina

Organic farming in Peru is moving forward to be among the top producers in world markets. The United States, Europe and Asia are popular destinations for Peru's flagship products, such as asparagus and table grapes.

Coffee, cocoa and organic bananas accounted for $46 million in exports during the first quarter of 2011, the Ministry of Agriculture (Minag), reported.

Raúl Chau, director of the Agricultural Promotion Association said that this increase is a result of several international organizations and NGOs working in the Amazon, especially changing the coca leaf crops for coffee and cocoa and promoting the cultivation of organic bananas, thus shifting the banana production from Ecuador.

The same idea was shared by the president of the consultant Inform@cción and expert in agriculture, Fernando Cillóniz, who argued that these three crops, with table grapes and avocados, will show the highest growth rates in the next 4 or 5 years, according to La Républica.

The president of the Piura Central Association of Small Producers of Organic Bananas, Donald Lecarnaqué, highlighted the work of his institution and the way they have opened up new markets through certifications, such as organic and fair trade, he was quoted as saying on freshplaza.com

Organic bananas and exports of organic products during the first quarter of 2011 totaled $17 million, 18 percent more than the same period last year. Lecarnaqué said that they already export to Korea, China and Japan, in addition to their main markets in the United States, Belgium, Germany and Spain.

Freshplaza.com reported that between January and May of this year $125 million in coffee was exported, 53 percent more than same period of 2010, according to Minag. Also, its main markets are Germany, United States and Belgium.

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