Peru's National Association of Potato Growers and Derivatives (APPAPA Peru) expects to produce 40,000 tons of potatoes this year, a similar volume to the one achieved in 2016.
This was stated by the president of Peru APPAPA, Victoriano Fernandez Morales, who said that climate change was affecting the potato production, which could decrease production, just as the drought caused a drop in the previous year.
He also said that 30% of the total production would be of native potatoes, 40% of yellow potatoes, and the remaining 30% of white potatoes.
Victoriano Fernandez said that the potato production was destined for the local markets of each region; to the Great Wholesale Market in Lima (GMML), and, to a lesser extent, to restaurants in Lima and to a well-known supermarket.
According to him, APPAPA Peru has nearly 2,000 partners in 14 potato growing regions of the country (Puno, Huanuco, Cusco, Cajamarca, Huancavelica, JunÃn, La Libertad, Apurimac, Ayacucho, Pasco, Ancash, Arequipa, Lima, and Ica).
Fernandez Morales also said that each producer had an average of 1.5 hectares of potatoes, which had an average yield of 14 tons per hectare.
Source: agraria.pe