The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will be present at the next 11th EXPO Ciruelas Secas 2024, an opportunity in which it will inform all interested parties of the mechanisms to generate improvements in terms of sustainability, as well as details of the process. progress, objectives and deadlines, among others.
The development of sustainability standards for the Chilean prunes industry continues to move forward with fresh air.
With around 20 months of work and more than 600 public and private actors who have participated in this project, it can be said that a pilot project at the national level has just been completed, which made it possible to adapt the standards (primary production and agro-industrial adaptation) to the industry characteristics.
“The results provided information regarding the advances in sustainability that are currently being made; and, likewise, made it possible to understand the gaps that companies interested in becoming certified must overcome,” says Karina Orellana, consultant at IICA.
This organization will be present with a stand at the next 11 EXPO Ciruelas Secas 2024 – to be held on Wednesday, March 20 -, an opportunity in which it will inform all interested parties of the details of the process, progress, objectives and deadlines of the sustainability project. unique for the prunes in the world.
In this space, attendees will be able to learn about mechanisms to generate improvements in terms of sustainability; It should be noted that these standards are the first and only in the world, as well as that the certification will allow the opening of new markets. In addition, at this stand the explanatory video of the entire production process of prunes will be projected and there will be brochures with a QR code that will invite you to access the website.
The project to develop a sustainability standard is projected to last 28 months and is divided into four stages: Standard Development, Audit, Training and Certification.
Precisely, the Training stage has begun, which is being presented through an open and free website, and which has resources of various kinds, with the objective that companies have the verification means requested to comply with each of the actions. For example:
o Guides for each topic.
o Formats to make different types of registration.
o Signage.
Chileprunes, the Trade Association of Prunes Processors and Exporters of Chile, invites the EXPO Prunes 2024 to be an active part of this new face-to-face meeting, in which the world of production, industry suppliers, logistics and export of prunes meet in order to learn about new commercial and technical opportunities that facilitate their work and discover new trends in a dynamic and fast-paced market.
