Late last week, Minister of Agriculture Jhenifer Mojica, addressed the National Potato Council, making official the Productive Management Plan. Ms Mojica: "Potato is a very important product to consolidate Colombia as an agri-food power, that is why we want a potato that doubles its production. The Potato Productive Management Plan is a work route so that productivity grows with better agricultural practices in relation to the environment, a more sustainable production for food security is crucial for humanity. With the leadership of Fedepapa we are going to create an Implementation Unit so that the Plan is not a dead letter."
She also mentioned the importance of the potato POP in terms of post-harvest actions to secure the market, price drops and promote import substitution so that the peasant economy grows. The Potato Productive Management Plan is the result of a strategic planning process that was formulated in a participatory manner and was built collectively throughout the country with the actors in the chain, both public and private, through the leadership of the Ministry and the technical support from the Rural Agricultural Planning Unit (UPRA).
Source: potatopro.com
