The Dominican Republic's commitment to grow on the world mango stage

Dominican producers are focusing their efforts on marketing local varieties in the United States, after seeing an increase in shipments to the country, a market that has become one of the main trading partners of the Dominican fruit industry. FreshfruitPortal.com interviewed the president of the Dominican Mango Cluster, Rafael Leger, one of the actors behind the scenes who is not only driving the growth of exports, but also international consumption of Dominican mango. The Cluster was created to give and create an international reputation for the Dominican mango. Its members have worked for 20 years to develop strategies focused on marketing local tropical fruit. "We started as a country that did not have a high number of agricultural exports, because we were behind in technology, infrastructure and in many things that fruit growth requires. But over the years, thanks to international aid and agribusiness, we have have been developing and using new technologies that have fostered ...