‘Papatón’: 28 thousand packages and profits for $ 1 billion in sales hours in tolls and highways

The solidarity with the paper growers left a favorable balance in their pockets on the third day of sale: $ 1,000 million pesos only in the department of Cundinamarca and on the outskirts of the capital of the republic, despite the fact that the Mayor’s Office had offered spaces in its peasant markets over the weekend, but which were discarded by the leaders of the movement. However, this did not prevent the action of citizens, connected through social networks and taking advantage of the festive bridge of the Independence of Cartagena, from taking a photo with the package and expanding the phenomenon through Twitter, to encourage the undecided in the purchase of Colombian potatoes, affected by the economic crisis generated by the coronavirus, as well as by foreign potato exports, whose lower prices affect its economy.

Named as ‘Papatón’, the movement of selling without the intermediaries and leaving the overproduction of potatoes, reaches its last day with high expectations, since the return will bring more buyers to roads and tolls in the department of Cundinamarca and the accesses to the capital of the republic.

The spokesperson for the Government of Cundinamarca affirmed that on the third day, Sunday, 1,380 tons of potatoes were sold, which gives a figure of 28 thousand packages that, converted into pesos, add up to one billion pesos directly for the papero farmers of the central region of Colombia.

The last day of the ‘Papatón’ will take advantage of the festive bridge to strengthen the solidarity chain between buyers and producers so that the potato returns to homes. For this, organized in groups and exhibiting the product, they have spaces set up by both the department and the Mayor’s Office.

In the capital of the republic, theThe incomes to the city via tolls, will be with the farmers on the side of the road, to prevent the traffic from becoming heavier than it usually is in return plan.

Check the key points for your purchase to be effective. Be “Good Potato” and contribute so that the peasants of the central region have income that allows them to alleviate the weight of the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus.

Tolls in Bogotá

Siberia toll street 80.

Chusacá South car toll

Casablanca toll – Via Ubaté

Albarracín- Villapinzón toll

Potato Agro Industrial Center in VillaPinzón

Los Andes toll

El Roble toll road via Gachancipá

Boquerón Toll, Chipaque, Cundinamarca

Calle 13 toll

The peasants will appreciate your gesture, as is the case with this one, whose name we omitted, who took to Twitter to express his joy for the spontaneous support of the citizens.

“Thank you very much and from the hand of all the paperos of Chocontá he sent a hug to those who supported us in these three days of work”said one of the growers, who in just two hours was able to sell 130 bundles of the tuber.

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