Small producers from Piura export the first batch of banana puree to Europe

Published 2022년 11월 14일

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A total of 10,000 families in Valle del Chira, Piura, Peru, are set to benefit from the export of banana puree to the European market, with the first shipment of 2 tons sent to Germany on November 10. The project, which has been three years in the making and was supported by the Swiss Cooperation, aims to add value to bananas that do not meet international standards for fresh fruit. The National Banana Board plans to export 22 tons by the end of 2022, with four cooperatives initially involved in the export process.

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(Agraria.pe) An average of 10,000 families will benefit from the export of banana puree to the European market. On November 10, a group of small products from Valle del Chira in Piura sent the first batch of 2 tons of this product to Germany. It is planned to complete 22 tons by the end of 2022. This is the commercialization of a product that had no possibility of being commercialized abroad because it did not meet the technical specifications as "fresh fruit" and was not aesthetically attractive either. “This was a product that stayed in the fields (...). With this initiative, momentum is given and another source of income is created for the small producer," explained Carlos Ruiz Silva, president of the National Banana Board (JNB). It is a project that has lasted 3 years and was carried out within the framework of the Organic Banana Agroindustrial Innovation project, executed by the Apbosman Cooperative and Cedepas Norte. It also had the support of the Swiss Cooperation. “The ...

Source: Agraria