Geographical location
Cordoba: Canalete, Los Córdobas, Puerto Escondido Moñitos, San Bernardo del Viento, Lorica, San Pelayo, Montería, Tierralta, Valencia, Montelíbano, Puerto Libertador Bijao and San José de Ure.
Antioquia: Arboletes, San Juan de Urabá, Necoclí and Turbo.
Choco: Nuevo Belén de Bajirá, Carmen del Darién, Río Sucio and Unguía.
The committee is a Colombian non-profit, second-tier trade organization that represents grassroots associations of small and medium-sized plantain growers, with a presence in 21 municipalities in the departments of Córdoba, Antioquia and Chocó.
Mission
To strengthen the association of plantain growers in the region through a solid, democratic, and participatory organizational structure, integrating agricultural producers into regional and national trade union processes.
Vision
To consolidate as a representative trade organization of Colombia’s plantain growers, to manage, advocate, and negotiate driving programs, projects, and resources for the development of the sector, creating competitive conditions innational and international markets.
Product features:
- Harton plantain.
- Intense green color.
- Maximum harvest age: Sweeping: 10 weeks and calibrate 9.
- Average weight: 380 grams.
- Temperature: 8 – 10 ºC.
Associated families: 4,750.
Available quantity:
108,000 kilos per week.
Harvests and production area:
Year-round, 12,400 hectares in production.
Export volume:
8,100 kilos per week.
Production area:
Humid tropic.
Certifications:
ICA and GLOBALG.A.P.
Contact information:
📞 Miguel Ángel Palencia Díaz – + 57 310 473 4047
📩 comiteplatanicultordelnorte@gmail.com