During the past 15 years Peru has made its entrance onto the world stage as one of the leading producers of top-quality coffee. Exports have risen dramatically during this time and look likely to continue doing so thanks to the favourable growing environment high in the Andes Mountains. The National Coffee Board ( Junta Nacional del Café, JNC)...
A shortage of arable land on the Pacific coast presents a major challenge to the continued growth of Peru’s agricultural industry. As a result, over the course of the past five years efforts to bring more fertile land into commission have seen an increase in arable land of 10% from 2.93m ha in 2005 to 3.23m ha in 2010, according to figures from the...
Demand for a return to simpler, healthier and less chemically dependent food has led to the creation of a niche market in the agricultural sector: organic farming. Peru has become one of the world’s leading exporters of organic food, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars in export revenue each year from more than 40,000 certified organic...
Despite the harsh conditions presented by a three-tiered topography of desert, mountain and jungle, Peru’s diverse agriculture industry has been a central component of economic activity and employment for thousands of years. In modern times the coastal desert region has received the largest portion of investment. As a result, its irrigated fields...
Little grows in the arid countries of the Gulf without large quantities of expensive water. The solution may lie in the lush pastures of nearby Turkey, where Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE plan to spend billions of dollars to buy or lease farmland. These investments, they hope, will allow them to become self-sufficient in terms of food. Some argue...
Grain has a long history in Turkey. In the foothills of the Karacada ğ Mountains in the south-east, wild grass that is genetically identical to the first grains domesticated 11,000 years ago still grows. Today, agriculture remains a cornerstone of the economy, employing a quarter of the workforce and contributing more than 8% to GDP, according to...
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