The price of mango is very low

Tambograndé is the historical place where an emblematic conflict happened. The local community and a Canadian mining company faced for defending their own development models. In the local side, agriculture. In the foreign side, mining.

 

The stage was San Lorenzo Valley. This is a Peruvian Government venture launched in 1960. The purpose was turning a dry forest into rich croplands.

 

In fact, two of the most popular fruits in Peru come from here – mango and lime. Limes are the key ingredient for a Peruvian classic – cebiché. Mango is the sweet fruit that you can consume directly, or in a juice, or as a dessert. What about a mango jam?

 

However, the situation of mango is not the best now. Growers told me the price is very low, and it doesn’t compensate the production costs.

 

The box of fruit for exportation is costing around 2 dollars. Growers say the fair price should be around 4 dollars, the double.

 

The mango for domestic market is costing around 25 cents. Growers say the fair price should be around 2 dollars, 8 times more, indeed.

 

Every box is 44 pounds or 45 mangos.

 

The reason why this low price abroad is the low demand in markets as well as the global recession. In the domestic market, the speculation by dealers and the anti-government protests are bringing down the price. Growers said they have no a clear strategy for impacting both markets for good.

 

The mango season runs from October to March. FACTORTIERRA proposed in 2022 that Tambograndé should build a complementary industry around mango and agriculture by extension. This is the experiential tourism.

 

People in san Lorenzo Valley have a long experience having foreign visitors. People from Canada, Spain, and England have been some of the visitors during decades.

 

The valley is not only agriculture. It has some beautiful touristic spots you can find out. Go to factortierra.blogspot.com for more information.

 

Tambograndé is also a land of advocates. And this is the another reason why I came here today.

 

An organization created a creative campaign to raise funds. They want to gather around 7500 dollars. That’s the cost of a transfemoral protheses.

That one will be used for providing life quality to Jimmy Garcia.

 

This former Peruvian Air Force troop lost one of his legs in a traffic accident. He was riding a motorcycle and it crashed on one of his sides.

 

Jimmy told me in an interview he’s trying to do as well as he can. But he has no enough money to purchase his own protheses. So, a group of local activists encouraged every person to donate around 25 cents. They expect to join 30,000 people donating.

 

If you want to help, just contact me on the social media. Before this lines, you have other donation ways valid only in Peru.

I’m @nelsonsullana on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. As you contact me, I’m going to put you in contact with the fundraisers.

 

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Shampoo, exportation, and quakes

If you like mango, Peru is up to export it, and this land doesn’t stop to shake.

 

Don’t lose your head

Last Tuesday 25^th, many spray shampoo brands were taken out of the market. Unilever took out Dove, Suave, and Tiggy, among others.

The cause is benzine. This is a petroleum-derivate capable to give cancer. The lot was made in October 2021. It was delivered to retailers across the US. The information came out from the Food and Drugs Administration, the FDA.

According to CNN, benzine can cause cancer to humans. The ways to enter our bodies are by breathing it, through the mouth, and through the skin. The chemical can cause leukemia and blood cancer.

FDA recommended the consumers not to use spray dry shampoo. If you live in the US, go to unileverrecall.com for further information. We ignore if the recommendation reaches other countries. Follow me as @nelsonsullana for updates.

 

It’s mango time

Here in Piura Department, the mango season is already started. The Mango exporters Association, or APEM as in Spanish, announced the international sales may reach until 285,000 tons. To make a comparison, the last mango season, Peru sold almost 328,000 tons. This is 73,000 tons more than the estimation for this season.

Mango season officially begins in September, ends in March. Peru sold 447 million dollars the last mango season, according to freshfruit.pe. The stats include fresh mango, cold mango, and processed mango. According to freshfruit, it was a significant amount, but not enough.

The oficial numbers are more conservative for the last mango season. Peru’s Ministry of agrarian Development and Irrigation reported over 240,000 tons. This is 45,000 tons les than the estimation for actual mango season.

Here in Piura Department, the main mango grower is San Lorenzo Valley. This is about 30 miles away my actual location. I’m talking about the famous Tambograndé District. San Lorenzo Valley has been capable to grow until 330,000 tons during the best mango seasons.

Across Peru, there are 30,000 hectares growing mango. This is less than the decime part of Rhode Island State. There are 14,000 mango growers in Peru. Some of them told me, they expected the peak of the season happened this October. There are no actual numbers yet.

The main mango markets are the US, Europe, and Japan recently. Tell me how much you pay for  just one mango. Meanwhile, here in Piura, we are already enjoying this tasty fruit. Learn more about: go to factortierra.blogspot.com Write mango in the query box.

 

The land continues shaking

Last Tuesday 25^th night, Peruvian time, a 4.7 magnitude quake broke out. The epicenter was  just 7 miles to the west of Sullana Downtown. The hypocenter was 35 miles depth. On Saturday 29^th, a 4.1 magnitude quake struck 15 miles to the west of Sullana Downtown. The hypocenter was 18 miles depth. Both ones were weaker  than the 6.1 magnitude we experienced last October 5^th.

But at Peruvian Southern,the land doesn’t stop to move. Íca Department, located just to the south of Lima Department, felt until 12 quakes along Friday 28^th. Peru’s Geophysical Institute explained the quakes here were caused by the Nazca Plate. It is  embedding under the South American Plate.

Quakes cannot be forecast. But, if you live in a seismic zone, you must be ready:

1. Join the prevention drills.
2. Have your emergency kit.
3. Check the buildings where you live, work, amuse,pray… everywhere, in the end.
4. Follow the official instructions.
5. And over all, trust in official sources. Remember that not all we have on the social media is true.
6. Learn to keep calm.
7. And if a quake breaks out right now, remember the Three Golden Mexican Rules: no running,  nno pushing, no screaming.

For more advice, go to factortierra.blogspot.com Write quake in the query box.