Interview
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Eduardo Zegarra on A Pensar Más with Rosa María Palacios: an outlook of Peruvian agriculture and food price increases
“Basically three processes have aggravated the agricultural crisis. First COVID, then the fertilizer crisis, very poorly managed, and the last has been the climate crisis, with a drought in the highlands and the coastal El Niño. If you add all this up, agricultural production has fallen 5% in the first six months of this year, […]
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How can we move towards inclusive rural development? Ricardo Fort via CIES
“Instead of looking at what is currently there and what the problems are to improve the type of production, we look at the potential of the territories in terms of their resources along with the connectivity of those spaces to the main markets in Peru and abroad.” Our senior researcher Ricardo Fort shares a proposal […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in Latina Noticias: “For two years we have had food inflation levels that exceed 10-12%. This hits the poorest households the hardest”.
“We have had food inflation levels exceeding 10-12% for two years now. This hits the poorest households the hardest. A poor household has lost purchasing power to buy food by almost 20% in this period. People are having to buy less food, of lower quality, and face situations of reduced food security”. Eduardo Zegarra, senior […]
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How to reverse the price increase in products such as lemons? Eduardo Zegarra reflects in Canal N
“We are having the worst of all worlds. Expensive food because we produce less and because despite the fact that imported food prices have fallen, the industry does not pass this reduction on to consumers. The final effect is that especially the poorest and most vulnerable have lost purchasing power. I estimate a 15-20% loss […]
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Eduardo Zegarra’s interview with EESP Pukllasunchis on the threats and opportunities of transgenics
“The ancestral knowledge of producers comes from many generations of trial and error: managing crops so that they adapt adequately to the climate, to the fertility and capacities of the soil, or to the availability of water. This knowledge is often more useful in generating a portfolio of crops that are more protective against climate […]
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Food prices are going up: why? Interview with Eduardo Zegarra in LR+ Economía de La República
“We are facing an agricultural crisis that we have not seen for a long time. In no year in the last decade has agricultural production fallen to this extent. A key explanatory factor is the drought in the Peruvian highlinds between August and December last year”. Our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra talks to Rumi Cevallos of LR+ Economía about the fall […]
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Eduardo Zegarra comments on measures to face a water crisis in the newscast La Encerrona
The central measure is to generate a different institutional scheme to face these phenomena. There should be contingency reserves explicitly assigned to regional and local governments that are automatically activated once a state of emergency is declared. […] Help farmers with specific support: seeds, veterinary kits. Also direct economic support that will allow them to […]
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Miguel Jaramillo: “The recovery of employment is reaching its limits”
“The recovery of employment is reaching its limits”. According to Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, a correction in the deterioration of the Peruvian labor market is not expected in view of the bad outlook for the economy and investment. He questioned the measures taken by the Congress that affect the labor market. Interview under […]
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“Venezuelan migration is an important labor force that could contribute a lot to productivity in the country.” An interview with Fernando Távara, coauthor of a GRADE’s research
“The national survey of Venezuelans that was conducted last year shows that, on average, the Venezuelan migrant is better educated even than Peruvians. It is an important labor force that could contribute a lot to productivity in the country.” Fernando Távara, co-author of GRADE’s research study, “Barriers to the socio-economic integration of migrants in Peru: […]
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Podcast CIES: Pathways to inclusive rural development in Peru, with Ricardo Fort
“We need a much broader view of the country and the territory to understand how we can create other opportunities in rural areas, in intermediate cities or in larger cities so that people who are currently trying to survive in rural areas have more possibilities to get ahead”. Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, spoke […]
