On November 27th and 28th in Managua the third Agro Rural Central Business Meeting will be held, in which producers and buyers in the region will be taking part.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
The event will include the presence of 50 cooperatives and associations of producers and 15 Costa Rican Nicaraguan and Guatemalan buyers, who will take part in the 90 business appointments already confirmed by the organizers, reports Republica.gt.
"... Broccoli, onion, turmeric powder, taro, palm, cassava, sesame, coffee, chia, beans, honey, cashew nuts, cocoa, moringa flour, ginger, coconut, banana and plantain flour, sour orange marmalade , dairy, shrimp, beef and cattle, among other agricultural products, are part of the products that producers and businessmen in both Central American countries will showcase during the Agro & Business exhibition. "
Pablo Velasquez, President of the AGRITRADE Platform, explained that "... 'One of the innovations that we have in this regional event is the development of the first Coffee Cooperatives Forum, which will be run by the National Council of Cooperatives (CONACOOP) and involves 100 producers and entrepreneurs from the region who will make themselves known through specialized conferences on value added coffee '. "
On 21 and 22 May exporters and buyers from both countries will meet in Salinitas, El Salvador, to explore business opportunities and forge links.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (Agexport):
With the aim of bringing together small producers from El Salvador and Guatemala with exporters / buyers from these countries to promote business opportunities and generate business links the El Salvador Agro & Business event will be held on 21 and 22 May at the Convention Center Decameron Salinitas, organized by the Agricultural AGRITRADE AGEXPORT Platform, with support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
During the AGRITRADE event held in Guatemala there were 1,700 business meetings between international buyers and Central American exporters, with deals $62 million.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (Agexport):
In the seventeenth edition of Expo & Conference AGRITRADE, 1,708 appointments were scheduled between international buyers and exporters / producers in Central America.
The successful 'Agro Encuentros de Guatemala' events in will be held by Agexport in May, July and September 2015 in El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, in order to increase intra-regional agricultural trade.
From a statement issued by Agexport:
Aiming to promote increased export supply, diversification and development of capacity in trade negotiations for small producers in Central America in the seventeenth edition of Expo & Conference AGRITRADE AGEXPORT, Agro Encuentros Central America will be launched, an event which will be run by the AGRITRADE AGEXPORT platform.
AGRITRADE Expo & Conference will take place on March 12th-13th in Guatemala City, and will be attended by 100 international buyers.
From a statement by the Guatemalan Exporters Association:
In order to bring together in one place offerings of Central American agricultural exports, the AGRITRADE Expo & Conference from AGEXPORT, sold at its breakfast launch 50% of the show's floor, an event which will be held in 2015, in Santo Domingo Hill, Antigua Guatemala and will bring to the country more than 100 international buyers interested in coffee, cardamom, macadamia, broccoli, organic products, pepper, from Guatemala and Central America.
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