The price of mango is very low

Tambograndé is the historical place where an emblematic conflict happened. The local community and a Canadian mining company faced for defending their own development models. In the local side, agriculture. In the foreign side, mining.

 

The stage was San Lorenzo Valley. This is a Peruvian Government venture launched in 1960. The purpose was turning a dry forest into rich croplands.

 

In fact, two of the most popular fruits in Peru come from here – mango and lime. Limes are the key ingredient for a Peruvian classic – cebiché. Mango is the sweet fruit that you can consume directly, or in a juice, or as a dessert. What about a mango jam?

 

However, the situation of mango is not the best now. Growers told me the price is very low, and it doesn’t compensate the production costs.

 

The box of fruit for exportation is costing around 2 dollars. Growers say the fair price should be around 4 dollars, the double.

 

The mango for domestic market is costing around 25 cents. Growers say the fair price should be around 2 dollars, 8 times more, indeed.

 

Every box is 44 pounds or 45 mangos.

 

The reason why this low price abroad is the low demand in markets as well as the global recession. In the domestic market, the speculation by dealers and the anti-government protests are bringing down the price. Growers said they have no a clear strategy for impacting both markets for good.

 

The mango season runs from October to March. FACTORTIERRA proposed in 2022 that Tambograndé should build a complementary industry around mango and agriculture by extension. This is the experiential tourism.

 

People in san Lorenzo Valley have a long experience having foreign visitors. People from Canada, Spain, and England have been some of the visitors during decades.

 

The valley is not only agriculture. It has some beautiful touristic spots you can find out. Go to factortierra.blogspot.com for more information.

 

Tambograndé is also a land of advocates. And this is the another reason why I came here today.

 

An organization created a creative campaign to raise funds. They want to gather around 7500 dollars. That’s the cost of a transfemoral protheses.

That one will be used for providing life quality to Jimmy Garcia.

 

This former Peruvian Air Force troop lost one of his legs in a traffic accident. He was riding a motorcycle and it crashed on one of his sides.

 

Jimmy told me in an interview he’s trying to do as well as he can. But he has no enough money to purchase his own protheses. So, a group of local activists encouraged every person to donate around 25 cents. They expect to join 30,000 people donating.

 

If you want to help, just contact me on the social media. Before this lines, you have other donation ways valid only in Peru.

I’m @nelsonsullana on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. As you contact me, I’m going to put you in contact with the fundraisers.

 

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