Agriculture – Peruvian Canadian Chamber of Commerce

CCL–PROTEC accompanies Canadian diplomats

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CCL – PROTEC accompanies the Canadian diplomats

Within the framework of the 52nd General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), the directors of the CCL – Lima Chamber of Commerce, Carlos Posada, and Rubén Carrasco received the Canadian ambassador Glen McPherson, and Parliamentarian Dave Epp, with whom they shared and highlighted the work of PROTEC, as a union at the forefront of the agricultural sector in Peru.

After sharing the achievements of the FTA signed between Peru and Canada 12 years after its entry into force, they were able to highlight the many opportunities that Peruvians have to continue promoting investment. According to Customs figures, the commercial exchange between Peru and Canada has accumulated a total of US$ 32,500 million up to the present year 2022, since its entry into force.

Currently, it can be said that the agreement has been a complete success, experiencing an increase of 38% in the annual export value, compared to the figures reached in years prior to the agreement. Regarding agriculture, the president of PROTEC Rubén Carrasco was able to highlight how resilient the Agriculture sector has been, in the face of the Covid-19 health crisis and lately in the face of the world food crisis.

Mr. Carrasco added:
“Our Peruvian agriculture has never stopped, on the contrary, it has always stood firm, trying to ensure the supply of food to our cities and even to other countries in the world. The Peruvian is an entrepreneur by nature and if we add the fertile lands, the rivers that bathe our coasts, the diversity of resources, and the blessed climate that we have, we could say to the world that, as a country, we have great productive potential, we only have to strengthen cooperation and collaboration work as a single country.”

“As a union we have been working for more competitive and sustainable agriculture, we have to continue advancing in coordination with the different institutions of the agricultural sector, proof of this is the continuous workshops, forums, and training that we have carried out with various organizations crucial for agricultural development. such as the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), the National Agricultural Health Service (Senasa), the Food and Drug Administration of the United States (FDA), the General Directorate of Agricultural Environmental Affairs (DGAAA), the Organization of United Nations for Food and Agriculture (FAO), La Molina National Agrarian University (UNALM), the Andean Community, the Oxford Committee to Help Against Hunger (Oxfam), the Promotion of Life (Fovida), GLOBALG. A.P for Latin America and the Entomological Society of Peru, among others.”

“On the one hand, we are reinforcing international workshops and actions linked to Field Schools (ECAs), directed in marginal areas such as Huancavelica, and Huancayo, among others, always ensuring an improvement in the quality of family farming. This cycle of workshops has been working with Senasa and some international organizations such as Oxfam of the Netherlands and Fovida, who fight to end the injustice of poverty.”

“In another direction, the workshops and actions of mutual cooperation for sustainable agriculture, and safety as the basis of our healthy diet were highlighted. Said actions were carried out with Global G.A.P. and in coordination with the US FDA. Regarding plant health, the Workshops and the meeting of experts such as Dr. Miguel Dita from Embrapa – Brazil to discuss the “Management and Prevention of Fusarium R4 Disease in Banana” were mentioned, in coordination with the NOBOA group from Ecuador and GLOBALG.A.P. The execution of a Pilot Plan for Training in the Use and Appropriate Management of Pesticides and Awareness in Valle Chillón.”

“These are just some actions without considering the regulatory work groups and the formulation of proposals, in the face of projects such as the Fertilizer Standard, and the fight against informality and smuggling. Everything, in order to be more competitive in quality, safety, and as always, respectful of the environment.”

“We are Protec, a business association, mostly Peruvian companies that strive to provide solutions to our farmers and we open our doors as always to the government of the day because we believe in unity and cooperation, even more so in these difficult times.
Consequently, we reaffirm our commitment to continue building, from our business community always committed to improving the quality of life of our farmers. We are a blessed country and we believe in unity honestly.”

18 Peruvian SMEs to participate at SIAL Montreal 2022

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18 Peruvian SMEs to participate at SIAL Montreal 2022

SIAL Canada is the largest food innovation trade show in North America, and the gateway to the agri-food industry in Canada, the United States, and international markets.

Like every year, SIAL brings together the main players in the food industry in one place, and Peru will be present exhibiting a wide variety of its natural and organic products.

This edition will be held in Montreal and you can find the Peruvian delegation, made up of 18 companies from the agri-food industry, at Stand 2311 with PROMPERU.
Check Exhibitor List 2022.

II AGRO-MINING CONVENTION

admin — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:00:18 +0000

II AGRO-MINING CONVENTION

The convention will feature a virtual fair for companies, a three-day business conference, and live dialogues with English translation. It should be noted the participation of opinion leaders such as:

Former Ministers of Agriculture, Carlos Amat y Leon, Juan Manuel Benites, and Milton Martín von Hesse
Former Ministers of the Environment, Gabriel Quijandría, and Manuel Pulgar Vidal
Former Vice Minister of Mines, Augusto Cauti
Member of the Board of Directors of the National Civil Service Authority, Paola Bustamante
Senior executives of companies such as Southern Peru Copper, Antamina, Newmont
Executive Director of AGAP, Gabriel Amaro
Representatives of the Embassies of the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, and Germany, among others.

Peruvians win international biotechnology competition

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:00:53 +0000

Peruvians win international biotechnology competition

CrioProt project is made up of 11 young researchers from Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) and San Marcos (UNMSM) Universities.

Peruvian university students, creators of CrioProt —an antifreeze protein capable of combating frosts affecting agricultural crops— have won the MolecularCloud/GenScript sponsorship competition.

Thanks to International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM), the world’s largest genetic engineering competition.

“We are very happy. This sponsorship allows us to present our project to the international scientific community and, thus, generate a major impact in solving the frost problem in the Andes,” said Ruben Velasquez, member of the CrioProt Project and grant holder of Peru’s National Scholarship and Educational Credit Program (Pronabec).

CrioProt is made up of 11 young researchers from Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) and San Marcos (UNMSM) Universities, who prevailed over 67 teams from countries like the United States, Canada, India, Turkey, Israel, Greece and France.

“We want to thank everyone in Peru. Thanks to your support (via online voting), we will participate in the iGEM 2020 Virtual Giant Jamboree,” said Velasquez, who studies chemistry at UPCH.

He highlighted the importance of science development in Peru, especially in the field of biotechnology. “We will continue researching and will prepare to present our project to the scientific community in November.”

iGEM is an annual competition organized by a non-profit foundation of the same name, which brings together young researchers from around the globe to come up with solutions —through synthetic biology— to different problems that the world is faced with on a daily basis.

CrioProt’s aim was to identify a gene from a plant that is resistant to low temperatures, as is the case of Lolium perenne, a type of grass from which researchers extracted the antifreeze protein gene.

The next step was to find a bacterium that is suitable to express such gene: Pseudoalteromonas nigrifaciens, which is of marine origin and easy to cultivate. The goal is to make this technology available to Peruvian farmers and, thus, impact their economic activity.

Peru to host 10th World Potato Congress this month

admin — Fri, 25 May 2018 09:05:43 +0000

Peru to host 10th World Potato Congress this month

Peru is the first Latin American country to host the World Potato Congress, whose 10th edition will take place in southern Cusco City on May 27-31, 2018.

According to National Institute of Agricultural Innovation (INIA) Head Miguel Barandiaran, this international congress will enable the Inca country to showcase its wide diversity of native potatoes, as well as its contribution to food security.

This international event will be attended by more than 800 scientific researchers, producers, and entrepreneurs —linked to the potato industry— from over 50 countries.

On the occasion, participants will share interests, innovations, and information useful for the growing of said tuber worldwide.

It must be noted potato is the third most important food crop around the world —after rice and wheat— in terms of human consumption.