Economy of Tuquerres

The agricultural sector Túquerres Township is the first regional importance in relation to their contribution to municipal GDP, the livestock sector is a major source of employment for its resources and inhabitants, which makes the municipality is located as the sixth largest producer of milk department. On the other hand, in the municipality have been transcribed approximately 3170 farmers mostly devoted to monoculture of potatoes, occupying about 3080 hectares. Both farming as the livestock are affected in their rates of return by the presence of middlemen who buy the products at prices lower than real, the absence of intermediary firms and cooperatives affects the situation. As stated in the municipal development plan "(...) The sector faces problems related to the lack of enterprise routing, high production costs, inadequate agricultural practices, expansion of the agricultural frontier, land degradation and water sources, use of agrochemicals , plant health problems,