The Arequipa region, with its ideal topography and climate, is perfectly suited as a major agricultural hub for exporting fresh fruits and vegetables. Its inland location provides optimal growing conditions, free from the humidity that encourages fungal growth. Furthermore, unlike the Northern coast, the region is largely unaffected by the severe agricultural impacts of the ‘El Niño’ weather phenomenon. These factors, along with very low rainfall, make Arequipa highly competitive in the agriculture.
In agricultural activity the most important crops are alfalfa, rice, corn husk, onion, potato, dry grain beans, prickly pear,cochineal, garlic, olive, quinoa, wheat and starchy corn. In the Arequipa region there are 140,000 fertile hectares. 50% of this land is used for the cultivation of forage, and the remaining percentage to agriculture. High productivity land, warm and suitable climate for planting, water availability, soil quality and the degrees of light in the region makes Arequipa an optimal area for planting garlic.
White Lion Foods is a leading Agri-tech group and one of Latin America’s fastest-growing businesses, headquartered in Singapore with food production facilities in Peru and Brazil. White Lion Foods has commercial subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, South Korea, UAE, Turkey, and the Netherlands, and we use leading-edge technology to produce the highest quality Brazil nuts and fresh garlic.
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