Call to Congress to open the U.S. market for fresh turmeric

(Agraria.pe) The association Proginger has requested the Agrarian Commission of the Congress of the Republic to promote the opening of the U.S. market for fresh turmeric from Peru. During a meeting with the president of the Agrarian Commission, Jenny López Morales, commitments to promote productive and sustainable development were reaffirmed. Proginger pointed out that small producers need more markets and better opportunities. The congresswoman has been promoting that the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), through the National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa), accelerate the necessary technical requirements, prioritizing more than 12 thousand small farmers in the central jungle who depend on this activity. For this reason, Congresswoman Jeny López Morales arranged the meeting between representatives of Proginger and the head of Senasa, Vilma Gutarra, where actions to strengthen the competitiveness of ginger and turmeric, and to ensure the safety standards ...