Asuncion, IP Agency.- The first edition of the comprehensive business roundtable will be held next Tuesday, the 23rd. Its aim is to facilitate micro, small and medium-sized businesses, as well as family agriculture producers, to be suppliers of the companies awarded the “Zero Hunger in Schools” program.
The business roundtable will take place at the Entrepreneur Training Center, located in the city of San Lorenzo, Central department, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23.
The objective of this event is to facilitate interaction between MSMEs and family agriculture producers with companies awarded the contract to provide school snacks and lunches, within the framework of the Zero Hunger in Schools program, which will come into effect in 90 districts of the country from August.
The aim of the business roundtable is to foster medium- and long-term business relationships between agricultural producers and micro-entrepreneurs with larger companies and to strengthen the local value chain through this interaction.
The Zero Hunger in Schools program establishes that companies awarded the contract to provide school meals must demonstrate that 10% of their products come from family farming and 5% from MSMEs.
The National School Feeding Council, which coordinates the implementation of the program, identified 90,000 micro, small and medium-sized companies eligible to participate in “Zero Hunger.”
In economic terms, it is estimated that the program might generate a purchasing potential of USD 20 million for these sectors this year, with a long-term goal of reaching USD 100 million by 2027.
The business roundtable is jointly organized by the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
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2024-07-19 10:29:05
