Strawberry Production in Brazil and South America

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TABLE 1 Acreage Planted in Strawberry, Yield, and Strawberry Production in South America

Country	Year	Acreage (ha)	Yield (MT/ha)	Production (MT)
Argentina^1,6	2009	950/1080	9.5/26.0	900/62,766
Bolivia^1	2008	230	4.1	935
Brazil^1,5	2009	370/3,500	7.5/30.0	2,800/105,000
Chile^1,3	2008	1,546	25.9	40,000/60,861
Colombia^1	2008	1,099	40.0	43,920
Ecuador^1	2008	140	12.5	1,750
Paraguay^1	2009	380	9.2	3,500
Peru^1	2009	1,180	16.9	19,977
Uruguay^2,4	2009	107	33.4	3,584
Venezuela^1	2008	2,622	6.3	16,393
Total		8,624/11,884		133,759/318,686
Sources: ^1 http://faostat.fao.org/site/567/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=567#ancor; ^2MGAP: DIEA-DIGEGRA Encuestas Hortícolas, Sur y Litoral Norte, 2009; ^3Chile: Jorge Retamales (University of Talca) and Gambardella, 2010; ^4Uruguay: Gustavo Gimenez (INIA); ^5 Antunes et al., 2010; ^6 Kirschbaum and Hancock, 2000.

TABLE 2 Nurseries, Cultivars, Product Destination, Planting Density, and Type of Plant Utilized in Strawberry Production in Some Countries in South America

Country	Nursery	Main cultivar	Main product destination	Plants ha^−1	Type of plants
Chile	One large nursery (Viveros Llahuén) that has the rights to propagate protected University of California cultivars. Several smaller ones (∼12) propagate European or non-protected California cultivars	Camarosa	58% internal market as fresh; 34% exported frozen; 6% internal market frozen	55,000 to 60,000	Frigo plants in the Central Valley in summer; coastal areas use fresh plants in autumn
Uruguay	Five nurseries producing to local supply	INIA Guenoa, INIA Yurí, INIA Yvapitá, Camarosa, Aromas, Camino Real, Cristal	Fresh market 95%	In greenhouses and tunnels: ∼66,000; Open field: 35,000 to 40,000	Fresh plants in protected crops and mainly frigo plants in open field
Brazil	One mother plant nursery (Multiplanta)	Oso Grande, Camarosa, Aromas, Albion, Festival, Camino Real, Campinas, Dover, Campdover, Aleluia	Fresh market 98%	45,000 to 80,000 in the open field; and up to 200,000 plants in soilless systems	Mainly fresh plants
Source: Uruguay: Gustavo Gimenez (INIA); Chile: Jorge Retamales (Universtity of Talca) and Gambardella, (2010); Brazil: Luis E. C. Antunes (Embrapa).

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