Ginger for export is the new bet of family farmers in the East of Minas

Culture is still not widespread in the State and has shown good results in Aimorés Ginger is originally from Asia and arrived in Brazil brought by the Portuguese. Increasingly used in cooking due to its aroma and spicy flavor, it is also highly sought after by the cosmetics, beverages and medicines industry. Ginger has a rhizome, that is, an underground stem, which is the commercial part of the plant. The largest producer in the country is Espírito Santo, which exports a good part of the harvest. In Minas Gerais, it is not the easiest task to find ginger plantations. There are also no official surveys on production in the state. But some farmers who started to invest in the crop are getting good results. An example comes from Aimorés, a municipality bordering Espírito Santo, which was once a major rice producer. Today, coffee is the flagship of local agricultural production. But, with an eye on the diversification of activities, a group of family farmers in the district of Alto ...