A union between two private companies from Costa Rica and the Netherlands are investigating how to help pineapple producers to produce environmentally fair products in Pital, San Carlos. It will start this year with a project of international character whose goal is to offer alternatives for pest and disease control in the cultivation of pineapples by small and medium producers. This project was started given the increasing participation of Costa Rica in the international market as an exporter of agricultural products such as pineapple and the market trends as forcing domestic producers to be not only competitive, but to adapt to market demands. In this regard it is noteworthy to mention that the international markets (especially European) are increasingly seeking producers who comply with regulations, standards and certifications such as Fair Trade, which seeks voluntary trade relations, friendly and just between producers and consumers.
Taking into account that to achieve social and economic justice, the application of measures of friendly production with people and the environment is where the proposed project arose from.
TASTE Dutch company dedicated to promoting Fair Trade, together with the Dutch company Koppert Biological Systems, who are dedicated to control agricultural pests and diseases by using living organisms or derivatives that are safe for the environment or human beings, have taken the step to fund the project that seeks to change the old paradigms of using highly toxic chemicals to control pests and disease in pineapples. In Costa Rica the project is implemented by the company Reflex Central America and the Association PROAGROIN, so commercial products and products of the company Koppert BS will be evaluated scientifically in two pineapple farms in Guatuso de San Carlos.
For all parties involved in this project it is prideful to plan and evaluate a new production that can bring benefits to international trade, as well as for domestic producers and ultimately consumers.
Contact:
Reflex S.A Central America
Tel: +506 2273-0981
Email: info@reflexca.com
Publication date: 6/5/2009
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