PERU-Hub Project leads efforts to create the first Multisectoral Technical Roundtable on passion fruit

With the aim of articulating efforts to strengthen the sustainable development of passion fruit and promote investments, PERU-Hub, a project of the National Agrarian University La Molina (UNALM) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is leading the work for the creation of the first Multisectoral Technical Roundtable linked to this important crop in the San Martín region. This initiative is part of the PERU-Hub plan to highlight this crop and includes aspects such as the design of the business plan for the sale of passion fruit, the promotion of this crop as a sustainable alternative, the transformation of raw materials in derived products of greater demand and their export to international markets. Currently, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation considers rice, coffee, cocoa, banana, oil palm and yellow corn as priority crops in San Martín. However, through the implementation of this initiative it is expected to elevate passion fruit to ...