Amid the difficulties beget by the condition of preventive closing off in which many rural area get themselves , decorative manufacturer in Colombia are working at full speed to run across a reactivate need for Mother ’s Day , the second season for Colombian flower agriculturalist , which last class represented about USD 200 million , 15 % of their annual sales event .
Álvaro Villamizar , president of Caproflor , an association that has 75 heyday growers especially concentrate in the Sabana de Bogotá , indicated that during the last workweek the producers have seen a rebound in the market , particularly in the United States , in survey of the celebration of the day of Mother . " We are very proud of with all the bread and butter that the Colombian Government has afford us to mobilize our worker and maintain the operation of the farms , the weather condition has also been favorable and we are going to beam our client one of the effective flower productions in recent years , ” say the Trade Association leader .
For his part , Hugo Osorio , managing director of Hydraflora and who leads from Geffa - Fenalco a chemical group of more than 50 heyday growers in the grow region of Antioquia , added that suddenly the market start to arouse from its lethargy and they are figure out at full speeding to execute the orders of importers and wholesalers in dissimilar markets in the world . " For us , the response of the international market is very important to maintain the more than 130,000 job that we estimate depend on floriculture for export , " he added .
But the production of fresh flower for exportation from Colombia is not the only one that has begun to pick up pace amid the difficulty of the global pandemic . Little by little the baby’s room growers begin to get orders for the domestic market for orchid , anthuriums , potted rose , as well as a great variety of ornamental plant life for the celebration of May 10 . Jairo Cadavid , President of the United States of the Association of Colombian Nurseries , Colviveros , indicated that the producer finger prepared and optimistic with the internal demand for the time of year and many of them have turn to digital channels to bring their product to the final consumer .
" In the case of producers of cosmetic plants , Mother ’s Day represents much 25 % of their annual sale , and , in the particular sheath of orchid growers these gross revenue can represent more than 40 % of the annual income of the small producers , ” said the chairwoman of Colviveros .
For more information : Caproflorwww.caproflor.com
Geffa-Fenalcogeffaflowersgroup.com
Colviveroswww.colviveros.org
