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Its main objective is to improve small and medium-sized producers’ access to regional markets with quality agricultural products, with an emphasis on potato and corn crops, pillars of national food security.
Alfredo Pereyra, president of the Argentine Federation of Potato Producers, explained the difficult situation facing the sector, with low prices and high costs.
More than 25 producers from the San Francisco de Mosca district in the province of Ambo managed to export five tons of native potatoes to the American company Alcampo Foods, at a price of S/3.50 per kilo, almost double the conventional price.
This is a sustained effort: "We seek to reduce dependence on seeds from the north of the country and strengthen regional production capacity with varieties adapted to the extreme climatic conditions of the southern hemisphere."
The Alava cooperative is planning a new plant in Júndiz, is committed to agricultural innovation, and is strengthening its processing of ready-to-eat potatoes with Paturpat.
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The full opening of the Mexican market to fresh US potatoes in May 2022 marked a turning point for bilateral horticultural trade. Since then, exports have shown sustained growth.
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