Caracterizacion de la producción y comercialización de semillas de maíz amarillo duro en el Perú

Abstract

The objective of this work was to analyze the situation of the production, certification and marketing of hard yellow corn seeds in Peru. The methodological strategies consisted in the compilation of statistical data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and the National Superintendence of Tax Administration for the periods of 2010 and 2016, in order to have detailed information on planted area, distribution by regions, production evolution of commercial grain of hard yellow corn. Detailed information at the national level for certified seed, such as availability of plant materials, seed producers, production volumes to be cultivated were obtained through the Agrarian Innovation Management Office of the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation – INIA. information that It is processed by the Seed Regulation Area of the Sub-Directorate of Agricultural Innovation Management, which currently exercises the functions of Seed Authority in Peru. This information is in turn compiled from the Certifying Bodies. With this information, the national production of certified seed was characterized in terms of availability of plant materials that respond to the needs of farmers and the market, participation of the public and private sector, geographical distribution of seed production, as well as these factors. Likewise, the rate of use of certified and imported hard yellow corn and its evolution has been estimated. For the analysis of the supply of imported seed, the information of entry into the country comes from the National Superintendency of Tax Administration - SUNAT, which analyzes the characteristics, behavior and evolution of the supply of imported seed.