After the formation of the Mango Chain Committee, eleven representatives of the productive and commercial sector met with the Pymerural program team next to perform a quick analysis of this crop.
They identified that the most significant problems stopping the growth of Creole mango chain are the lack of funding, the difficulty to access farms, and their poor fruit processing capacity.
It's worth noting that the Creole mango contributes to the reforestation of dry areas. This mango is known in the market as mango Pespire, Mechudo, Anis and Copalillo. There are, however, a bit of Hadden and Lancetilla varieties.
Pymerural performed this analysis with the support of the Swiss Cooperation in Central America and the FOMIN, as part of the replication process of the Value Chains and Local Economic Development in the Gulf of Fonseca.
There is no processing in the mango chain, thus, at harvest, lots of fruit is lost because the market doesn't fully absorb them.
The conformation of the Chain Committee is the first action to manage resources and support in order to improve the competitiveness of the chain.
The focus of the value chain takes into account an important point as gender equity. Currently, women aren't participating in the production of mango and in the Pespire area and there is 20% child labour. This situation is expected to improve through the projects of the Chain Committee, thus providing better living conditions for the families of these small-scale producers.
Source: latribuna.hn