Ten Guatemalan companies closed deals for $7 million in the Fruit Logistica fair in Germany.
Agricultural entrepreneurs managed to make 53 new contacts after holding 87 business appointments.
From a press release issued by the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport):
A delegation of 10 Guatemalan companies took part, in February 2014, in the horticultural trade fair 'Fruit Logistica' in Berlin, Germany, where they showed products such as French beans, snow peas, sweet pea, blackberry, rambutan, lemon, zucchini, broccoli, mini vegetables, among others, projecting business deals worth $7 million.
From 23 to 24 March in Antigua, Guatemala, more than 60 international buyers will be taking part in business roundtables with agricultural producers in the region.
From a statement issued by Agexport:
In AGRITRADE Expo & Conference 2017 will have 3 business roundtables, one of them will involve the participation of 200 farmers who will showcase their supply of raw materials, in order to foster business with exporting companies seeking to transform agricultural products into manufactured consumer articles such as food and beverages, said the President of the AGRITRADE Platform, Estuardo Castro.
It is not the poor who are taking advantage of Central America's vast agricultural potential but those who are able to access technology and financing.
The is one of the sectors with the greatest demand and growth opportunities, but funding and intervention is needed in order to gain a greater advantage.
Lucydalia Baca Castellon conducted and interview for Laprensa.com.ni with Ernesto Gallo, professor at the Escuela Zamorano de Honduras, who says that agriculture is not an activity for poor people, but one of the most difficult and demanding businesses there is.