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The economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic hit the agricultural sector directly, including potatoes. However, the initiative Cundinamarca is good potato meant a respite for paper farmers.
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The Government of Cundinamarca puts transportation to the main tolls in the department, where farmers sell potatoes at fair prices.
“We sell by means, as they want us to ask, by bag; there is the little one that is worth $ 10,000 ”, said Israel Pineda, potato merchant.
The ‘Papatón’ will be in at least ten tolls in the department, taking advantage of the massive departure of hundreds of vehicles. However, Colombians also go to strategic points only to buy the tuber and support the peasantry. “We came exclusively to buy two packages of potato,” Alejandra Soto told RCN News.
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This initiative has been a great success. Only one day of sale near the toll booths, resulted in the sale of more than 400 tons of potatoes, oxygenating the finances of the farmers from Cundinamarca who are drowned by the impact on consumption that the pandemic generated.
“Between yesterday and today we have done well, the farmers have done well. I like that people are supporting us because it is very cheap so it is not enough for the supplies, so that is the detail to be able to get the potato here so that they can help us and the Colombian peasantry, ”said Henry Camargo, a potato merchant.
With the slogan “Let’s be a good dad”, The initiative seeks to contribute to improving the economy of these small producers in more than 60 municipalities in Cundinamarca that depend on the commercialization of potatoes to survive.
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The day began this Friday, November 13 at 6:00 a.m. and will run until Monday, November 16 at 10:00 p.m. The points and tolls of the department in which the initiative can be supported and bought potatoes are:
- Siberia street 80
- Chusacá Auto Sur
- White House
- The Oak
- 13TH Street
- Agroindustrial Center of Potato Villapinzón
- The Andes
- Chipaque anchovy
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