Bolivia: Amazon fruits seek organic certification for export

The chestnut, açaí, majo and royal palm from the Manuripi Amazonian National Wildlife Reserve in Bolivia are seeking organic certification in 2024 with a view to exporting to differentiated markets, according to the head of Natural Resources of the protected area, Rolando Toyama. . It is worth mentioning that the chestnut has been certified since 2012, and in this management, for the first time for the department of Pando and Bolivia, organic certification is also being managed for the majo and royal palm. “As a reserve we are certifying four products for this management, among them the chestnut, as an organic product from the Manuripi reserve, as a product of origin; We have the açaí with the harvest that has started and we have also been certifying it since 2019,” Toyama explained. Organic certification seeks to value wild production to reach differentiated export markets, management conditions and use within the Manuripi Reserve under international standards. In this regard, ...