In this installment of the ‘Agronometrics In Charts’ series, we take a look at the South American fruit export dynamics.

By Mongabay.com Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon are working to revive populations of the aguaje palm tree, commercially valued for its fruits, by shifting to more sustainable harvesting ...

In the Andean valley of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador — where it originates — it’s often used as a natural sweetener, and it’s even the most popular ice cream flavor in the region. 3 Lucuma is ...

Peru supplies nearly half of the fresh blueberries sold in the U.S. After last year’s heatwave, this is how the country is speeding up the race for varieties more resilient to climate change.

Peru’s blueberry harvest is just beginning, and Ivan Jauregui, an agronomist, looks excited. At a farm he oversees about 100km north of Lima, the capital, workers are gently twisting the fruit ...

When the reddish maroon reptilian-looking fruits are ready for harvest, trained tree climbers from the Indigenous Maijuna communities in the Peruvian Amazon climb the 35-meter (115-foot) gangling ...

U.S. fruit firm Fruitist, which produces most of its blueberries in Peru and is one of the Andean country's top exporters of the fruit, sent some 15-18 containers of blueberries to China late last ...

Peru’s agriculture minister on Wednesday announced he would receive a Chinese delegation in September to finalise an agreement to expand the South American country’s fruit exports to the ...

PISCO, Peru (Reuters) -In Peru's Pisco Desert, rows of blueberry bushes towering as much as two meters high stretch towards the horizon, finally giving way to sand dunes. Traditional blueberries ...