Fifteen years ago, few people would have bet on blueberries as a profitable crop for Peru's northern coast. The region, consisting largely of desert lacked the necessary cold temperatures and a tradition of producing the fruit. But between 2010, when the country exported almost no blueberries to 2020, Peru became a powerhouse in blueberry production and the world's largest … [Read more...] about Blueberries and the Promise of Agricultural Innovation in Latin America
Gustavo Crespi
Gustavo Crespi is a Senior Competitiveness, Technology and Innovation Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He holds a degree in Economics from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina and the School of Economics and Business of the University of Chile and a PhD from the University of Sussex, UK. He has been working at the IDB for 10 years, having worked at IDB headquarters in Washington, D.C. and at the IDB Country Offices in Uruguay and Lima. His areas of interest include: Industrial Evolution, Technological Change, Industrial Structure and Firm Development, Management and Evaluation of Technology Policy, Public Procurement of Innovation. He has written extensively on these areas and published numerous articles in the most prestigious scientific journals.