Climate change is an inescapable problem that the Peruvian agricultural sector is already beginning to be felt in three aspects: First, it is starting to notice a change in the agricultural calendar in many areas. Thus, previously harvested crops between February and March, for example, now extend your harvest through June period, as is the case of cotton in the Central Coast. The main reason is that now the rains are late more often than in past decades, and many tasks that usually take place between September and November, must now be two or three months later. The irrigation times were also extended, and that is changing the agricultural calendar, especially in some coastal crops typical of the larger campaign.
Another effect of global warming is already evident is the shift of crops to higher ground by rising temperatures and the deglaciation. Examples are corn and potatoes, which can now be grown at altitudes where anterioemente was impossible. This tropicalization weather can be beneficial for the marketing of such products, but should also be analyzed by considering the potential impact on ecosystems. It is likely that you are using intensive land are probably not appropriate to plant these crops.
The third point, which particularly affects the fruit, is the danger of losing certain attributes and qualities for which currently are valued, due to increasingly sharp variations in temperature. For example, in San Lorenzo and the other valleys of Piura, fruit trees require temperatures that are highly variable during the process of fruit formation, to develop appropriate characteristics of texture and sweetness. But what today end day?. The temperature difference between day and night is increasing, and this increases the danger that the sweetness and firmness of the fruit is seen affected. If the average temperature continues to rise, and rising the temperature disparity between day and night, the fruit quality will deteriorate, and thus opens the possibility that crops such as mango or avocado have to be replaced by better adapted to changing climates.
Another effect of climate change that is much talk about water scarcity, but the reality, at least on the coast, is that in the short term do not feel much, because we are in the middle stage of deglaciation that the availability of water resources increases. In fact, in recent years, the growth of harvested areas is spectacular. The question is how sustainable is that in the medium term, especially for the basins of the Pacific slope.
However, although there is concern among public and private sectors over the medium-term, in reality little is being done in concrete terms to minimize the expected damage. A preliminary report of the Ministry of Environment has found that only 13% met the goals set seven years ago at the National Climate Change Strategy.
must be more proactive to adapt, where the effects are already irreversible, and where possible, mitigate the effects on areas where climate change has yet to show visible effects. There are practices such as planting of water and others that although they have not been developed specifically to address climate change may be useful to adapt to its effects. Another crucial aspect is to adopt the territorial approach to address this issue. Keep in mind that the sites concerned are not just a district, province, or a valley, but are concatenated with spaces generalmetne older. In this sense, the last Human Development Report of UNDP, which focuses its analysis on watersheds, can be a starting point.
Another effect of global warming is already evident is the shift of crops to higher ground by rising temperatures and the deglaciation. Examples are corn and potatoes, which can now be grown at altitudes where anterioemente was impossible. This tropicalization weather can be beneficial for the marketing of such products, but should also be analyzed by considering the potential impact on ecosystems. It is likely that you are using intensive land are probably not appropriate to plant these crops.
The third point, which particularly affects the fruit, is the danger of losing certain attributes and qualities for which currently are valued, due to increasingly sharp variations in temperature. For example, in San Lorenzo and the other valleys of Piura, fruit trees require temperatures that are highly variable during the process of fruit formation, to develop appropriate characteristics of texture and sweetness. But what today end day?. The temperature difference between day and night is increasing, and this increases the danger that the sweetness and firmness of the fruit is seen affected. If the average temperature continues to rise, and rising the temperature disparity between day and night, the fruit quality will deteriorate, and thus opens the possibility that crops such as mango or avocado have to be replaced by better adapted to changing climates.
Another effect of climate change that is much talk about water scarcity, but the reality, at least on the coast, is that in the short term do not feel much, because we are in the middle stage of deglaciation that the availability of water resources increases. In fact, in recent years, the growth of harvested areas is spectacular. The question is how sustainable is that in the medium term, especially for the basins of the Pacific slope.
However, although there is concern among public and private sectors over the medium-term, in reality little is being done in concrete terms to minimize the expected damage. A preliminary report of the Ministry of Environment has found that only 13% met the goals set seven years ago at the National Climate Change Strategy.
must be more proactive to adapt, where the effects are already irreversible, and where possible, mitigate the effects on areas where climate change has yet to show visible effects. There are practices such as planting of water and others that although they have not been developed specifically to address climate change may be useful to adapt to its effects. Another crucial aspect is to adopt the territorial approach to address this issue. Keep in mind that the sites concerned are not just a district, province, or a valley, but are concatenated with spaces generalmetne older. In this sense, the last Human Development Report of UNDP, which focuses its analysis on watersheds, can be a starting point.
