Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Expanded Market for Ecological Goods

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BOGOTA, May 6 2006 (IPS) - Small producers in 17 associations from Colombia's Andean region will be able to market their ecological merchandise through a chain of supermarkets in the capital, thanks to an agreement established under the Ministry of Environment's National Plan for Green Markets. Patricia Londoño, Plan advisor, told Tierramérica that the agreement seeks to promote environmentally sustainable productive processes and facilitate the entry of producers into the local and national market, under beneficial and competitive conditions in order to improve environmental quality and social well being.

The agreement, signed with the Family Compensation Bank on Apr. 25, allows the benefiting producers to pay in 30 days for non-perishable merchandise and 15 days for perishables, as well as setting up procedures to support the businesses linked to the Plan.