“We have a national program (…) where we are working to strengthen this sector with technical assistance. We invest more than 90 million Bolivians (nearly $13 million) to support the production,” he said in statements to this news agency in the National Fair of this fruit in the Plaza San Francisco of that city.
Janco assured that a fundamental objective of this policy is to promote the economic reactivation of those who devote themselves to this activity.
“Thanks to the President, Luis Arce, our company, affiliated to the Ministry of Rural Development and Land, faces eight programs at national level focused on ensuring food sovereignty and for this we support small and medium-sized producers of different crops .
He stressed that within these programs they organized the fair with the project called Amazon Fruits, in which growers with foods such as Asahí, Majo, Cupuaçu, Almonds and Chestnuts participated.
Janco commented that they all have high nutritional value as they are antioxidants and natural energizers with omega-6 and omega-9 very beneficial for health.
He pointed out that in this context producers would have the opportunity to market their productions and promote them at national level.
“I think that the Bolivian people here are acquiring a culture on this subject – he commented – and expanding their per capita consumption of this type of food, which is currently low.”
He added that as part of this strategy, a business conference will be held this Friday at Hotel Torino to bring together Amazonian fruit growers, collectors and marketers with agro-industrial companies and food processors for direct consumption with demand for raw materials and materials in these articles.
Janco expressed the hope that commercial purchase and sale contracts will be concluded and that in this way new channels will be consolidated that will position this type of consumption on the national market with an export view, which has already been achieved with almonds and chestnuts.
About 35 participants reportedly attended the fair, which brought together growers and gatherers from the departments of Pando, Beni, North La Paz and five agro-industrial companies specializing in food processing.
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