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Marketing
Initiatives for Organic Products in Colombia |
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In
the mid-eighties Asprome was founded to develop an alternative to the
until then widely spread cultivation of drugs.
Asprome is a small
farmers association, organisation for the advancement of agriculture
in South-West Columbia.
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organisation promotes the cultivation, processing and marketing of
fruits and fruit-products of the region Cauca and offers educational
and training programmes. |
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Number of producers |
about 450 peasant
families (planned 1.200),
11 member organisations;
2
small production units |
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Acreage
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500
hectares (planned 2.000 hectares) |
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Distributional structure: |
Asprome as umbrella
organisation takes on the purchase, processing and marketing of its
members products.
Export to Europe, USA |
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Products |
Organic fruits, fruit pulp, fruit-spreads (orange, guyaba, pawpaw,
pineapple), dried fruits. |
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Certification
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Certified by Naturland and controlled by BCS-Ökogarantie. |
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