Asunción, IP Agency.- A total of 28,800 kilos of onion were exported last Friday to the Argentine market, from the department of Boquerón. Thus, this item was added to tomatoes and carrots, products of family farming, to the batch of fruit and vegetable items marketed beyond the domestic market.
This new milestone for agricultural production was celebrated in an event held in Boreal Puerto Seco, close to the border with the neighboring country, where the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), Dr. Carlos Giménez, the president of SENAVE, participated. Agr. Eng. Pastor Soria Melo, other Government authorities, as well as the Paraguayan producer and the Argentine importer.
The load consists of 1,600 bags of 18 kg each, and belongs to the producer Gian Hiebert, from the Picada 500 area, Mcal. Estigarribia, from the aforementioned department.
The authorities celebrated this new achievement of Paraguayan farmers, and valued the efforts of the producer, the importer and the State institutions.
The head of Senave, Pastor Soria, indicated that it was always a desire to position national production beyond the local market and today it is becoming a reality. “This demonstrates the potential of Chaco and the country’s production. The commercialization of family farming products abroad is being achieved and the export of locote is also being achieved. We will continue working to improve the quality of production,” he said.
For his part, the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Dr. Carlos Gimenez, pointed out that with this export the local market is decompressed, and stressed that the aim is to conquer markets to, from there, project production for the entire year and be competitive.
The producer Gian Hiebert thanked the institutions for their support and said he was proud to be able to achieve this export, hoping that it will be the first of many that he can achieve. “This is a source of pride for me and my family, we appreciate the willingness of the technicians who supported us and it is also a very big step for the country,” concluded the producer who has 70 hectares of production in the Paraguayan Chaco.
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