Ecuador develops the first diploma in sustainable pitahaya production

The European Union, together with the International Trade Center (ITC), signed a framework cooperation agreement with the National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIAP) and the NEXT Project to carry out the first in-person diploma course in the chain value of pitahaya. The objective is to improve crop management, increase productivity with sustainable practices, efficiently manage your investment in the field and contribute to improving the quality of life of producers and their families. The project seeks that small producers of yellow pitahaya, leaders of associations, from the Palora canton, in Morona Santiago, among them ten women, will be trained in: production, processing and marketing, as well as in administrative, financial and decooperativism issues, with the purpose to make the production of this fruit more sustainable. The Diploma will have four modules, which corresponds to 132 hours of class, with face-to-face sessions of eight hours a day developed on weekends, ...