CIMS presented the results of the Study of Strengthening of the Onion Crop in Costa Rica

 Alajuela, October 04. On September 30, the Center for Intelligence on Sustainable Markets (CIMS) presented the results of the Study of Strengthening the Cultivation of Onion in Costa Rica. The study is an initiative of the Program for the Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Production of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica.

The Intelligence Center on Sustainable Markets is a private initiative of the Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (CLACDS) of INCAE Business School, which was born as a result of years of research on competitiveness and sustainable development in the region. The mission of CIMS is to promote and facilitate exports and trade of environmentally and socially responsible products and services in Latin America and from Latin America to industrialized countries.

Producers from the three Costa Rican onion production zones (Cartago, Santa Ana - Alajuela and Guanacaste), input suppliers, representatives of government entities, industrializers, and researchers on onion issues attended the presentation of this study, who generated an important discussion. around strengthening strategies.

Mr. Roberto Azofeifa from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock commented: "The results of the Onion Competitiveness Study carried out by CIMS-INCAE for MAG are very interesting and open a series of ways to strengthen the onion agricultural chain in particular for the producers. " Mr. Azofeifa added that "A detailed reading is required by the applicants of the study and the producers to work on the recommendations and strategies generated by the study, as well as to give continuity to the monitoring and updating part of costs and income of the primary phase. "

"The study emphasizes the need to work on the associativity of producers, and the participation of different actors within the framework of a union institution where they work for a common research and technology transfer agenda to reduce costs and improved productivity, "said Kira Schroeder, CIMS General Manager. "From the point of view of economic sustainability, at the time of the study 85% of the population of producers studied was able to generate profits. The study makes key recommendations to strengthen the sector in the face of international competition." Mrs. Schroeder concluded

For his part, Mr. Lawrence Pratt, Director of the Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development of INCAE pointed out that "The study shows that even with complicated markets and traditional products that have lost competitiveness against international markets, there are creative and coordinated options for not only to get out of complications, but to find interesting opportunities. "

For more information about the study or the work that CIMS carries out, you can contact Yensy corella at the phone 2437-2294.