The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) reported that 118 thousand blueberry plants from the United States had arrived in the country to improve the competitiveness of its agro-industry and expand the agricultural export of fresh fruits in the Moquegua region.
The seedlings are undergoing their post-entry evaluation to check that they are free of pests and diseases.
This import was carried out by the private sector to take advantage that the Moquegua region is free of the fruit fly plague, which makes it very attractive to install new crops of vegetables and fruits, such as blueberries.
Before entering production, the blueberry plants must go through a post-entry quarantine process for a period of twelve months in facilities that maintain their phytosanitary safeguard conditions, which are authorized and supervised by specialists from the ministry.
The post-entry quarantine period has the objective of ruling out the presence of possible quarantine pests, thus protecting the phytosanitary patrimony of the Moquegua region and of Peru and the economy of the families that cultivate this fruit.
The project seeks to export the fruits to Chile, with whom there is a binational work plan for the export of Peruvian blueberries, and also to the United States, Europe, and China.
Source: agraria.pe