AreaPeru

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date01/05/2012

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction support

DescriptionAnnounced plans to purchase 20 000 tonnes from small-scale farmers in main producing regions through the National Food Assistance Program (PRONAA) at harvest time, in addition to promoting rice exports and setting out measures to address producer debt burdens and to support harvesting and marketing activities.