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Potato, pea and corn crops are lost in the Peru's Ancash region due to drought
Peru
Monday 19 December 2022
VU
The director of the Service for Comprehensive Rural Development (Sedir), Juan Cerna Espinoza, remarked that the lack of rainfall in the mountains affects the population not only on the coast, but also in large cities due to the scarce availability of food and the restrictions on the use of drinking water. (photo:rpp.pe)
Agriculture in the Sierra de Áncash (Peru) suffers from a drought that has already lasted almost three months. The lack of rain caused the loss of crops such as potatoes, peas and corn, according to local media.
A more serious concern is how dry remains the main source of water for farmers in the region, the river Río Loco. 75% of the arable area of the Río Loco sub-basin depends on rainfall. If there is no water, there won't be harvest.
The farmers comment that today the river is just a stone path to where they go down to look for the rest of the water to irrigate their fields. As an extreme measure, the producers on the coast and in the mountains of the Nepeña Valley dig wells on the banks of the river to extract the last water seepage.
The director of the Service for Comprehensive Rural Development (Sedir), Juan Cerna Espinoza, remarked that the lack of rainfall in the mountains affects the population not only on the coast, but also in large cities due to the scarce availability of food and the restrictions on the use of drinking water.
source: agraria.pe
