Olmos agricultural entrepreneurs in Peru prepare shipment of 5,000 tons of pitahaya in 2022

Published 2021년 10월 28일

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Peruvian agricultural entrepreneurs, led by Diego Rodríguez of R. Corp EIRL, are planning the largest pitahaya export to Europe and the United States, starting in February or March of next year. The first shipment will include 5,000 tons of the red variety grown on 80 hectares, with the goal of marketing it as a raw material in supermarkets and restaurants. The fruit is valued for its high nutritional content and is used in various food and beverage products. The Terra project aims to expand to 80,000 agricultural entrepreneurs by 2025, producing over 25,000 tons of exotic fruits like rambutan and pink passion fruit.

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(Agraria.pe) Pithaya produced in Peru seeks to gain a space in the international market. Thus, agricultural entrepreneurs from the Olmos district (Lambayeque) have been working to carry out the largest shipment of this fruit to Europe and the United States, between February and March of next year. Diego Rodríguez, general manager of R. Corp EIRL, the executing company of the Terra Project in Peru, indicated that in the first stage it is preparing to export 5,000 tons of pitahaya of the red variety or also known as 'American Beauty' that has been cultivated on a 80-hectare land, with the participation of 781 agricultural entrepreneurs. “We are working with traders so that it is marketed as a raw material on the shelves of supermarkets and restaurants in Spain, the Czech Republic, the United States, among other countries. The first export is already guaranteed because we are already processing the international certificates of good agricultural practices for organic production and ...

Source: Agraria