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Tuesday, 20 de January de 2026Ley Chlimper 2.0: SUNAFIL inicia su carrera para desfiscalizar los campos de la gran agroindustria peruana
According to Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE, the difference in the distribution of labor inspections between formal firms and informal producers under the Chlimper Law 2.0 leaves formal workers vulnerable to abusive outsourcing, irregular temporary contracts, and anti-union actions. Read the full article at Infobae Peru.
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Monday, 25 de August de 2025
Droughts in the Peruvian highlands reveal the limitations of Catastrophic Agricultural Insurance. Opinion by Eduardo Zegarra via Altavoz
According to Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE, the Catastrophic Agricultural Insurance scheme does not meet the needs of agriculture, where crops such as potatoes, corn, and Andean grains depend exclusively on rainfall. Read his full opinion in this article from the news website Altavoz here.
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Tuesday, 1 de July de 2025
Eduardo Zegarra: “A young farmer is twice as likely to live in poverty”
According to our Senior Researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, the low interest of young people in agriculture has a clear explanation: “Agricultural poverty is twice as high as in the non-agricultural population. A young farmer is twice as likely to live in poverty”. Read the full interview in Agroperú magazine here.
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Friday, 30 de May de 2025
The impact of Peru’s land reform on national agricultural productivity: A synthetic control study
This paper evaluates the impact of Peru’s collectivist land reform in 1970 on national agricultural productivity. While prior research have shown contrasting impacts of land reform across different settings, few have assessed the productivity consequences of collectivist experiments at the aggregate level. Employing a Synthetic Control Method, we construct a scenario of Peru’s productivity trends […]
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Monday, 5 de May de 2025
Opinión de Eduardo Zegarra sobre la ley de semillas transgénicas en el Perú. Vía Mongabay
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Monday, 14 de April de 2025
Eduardo Zegarra’s opinion on tax exemptions to the agro-export sector. Via Ojo Público
“Agrarian economist Eduardo Zegarra warns that the agro-export sector already enjoys an excessive level of subsidies and exemptions. He points out that 80% of these benefits are concentrated in only 150 exporting companies. If the so-called Chlimper Law is approved, the benefits would reach historic levels”. Opinion of our Senior Researcher on tax exonerations in the agro-export […]
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Wednesday, 5 de March de 2025
Eduardo Zegarra comments on the consequences of the rains in the Tumbes region on local agriculture
“These rains are generating a series of problems that will begin to have an impact on food supply. Especially in the north itself, although in Lima some prices may start to rise due to speculation”. Our senior researcher Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion on the consequences of the heavy rains in the Tumbes region on […]
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Friday, 31 de January de 2025
Mango crisis in the north of Peru. Interview to Eduardo Zegarra in Surco Norteño
“There has not been a problem of overproduction, but the mango production we have has entered to compete at an inappropriate time. These are disorders that have to do with the phenological cycle and temperature, announced by Senamhi. […] The ministry should look for better ways to provide information, allow planning, promote cooperativism, improve conditions […]
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Sunday, 15 de December de 2024
Movilidad y dinámicas socioeconómicas en la provincia de Yauyos: evidencia sobre impactos de la pandemia covid 19 y sus secuelas en la población rural
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Thursday, 5 de December de 2024
Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion on the implications of the Chlimper Law. Via the Regional Communication Network
“Between 4000-5000 companies, for example, are under the agrarian regime, but only 150 receive more than 92% of the tax benefits of this rule. There is no benefit for family agriculture, which is often at the subsistence level, because it basically does not pay income tax”. Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, comments on the […]
