The diplomatic internal representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Colombia , maneuver by Ambassador Mr. Ernst Noorman , along with Mrs. Léontine Crisson , new Agricultural Counselor , and Mr. Andrés Santana , Agricultural Advisor , visited the facilities of the Darwin Colombia and Flores del Río . They visited these facilities after being ask for by the Association of Colombian Nursery Growers , Colviveros , to ascertain more about the production , commercialisation , and exports of alive ornamental works in the country .
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establish in 2016 , Colviveros is the Nursery Trade Association dedicated to the agency of those companies working in the cultivation , production , logistics , and ( both home and outside ) commercialization of decorative plant life . Colviveros started as an initiative of a modest producers ’ group from the department of Cundinamarca , Risaralda , Norte de Santander , and Valle del Cauca , who insure the chance to promote the production of ornamental in the domestic market , as well as the option of set out the export itinerary of plants , bouquets , and foliage . The association currently has more than 600 members in 17 departments with the aim of get expectant formalization within the sector and has managed to organize , stimulate , and advance the competitiveness and sustainability of the nursery sector and little manufacturer of ornamental plants in Colombia .
Colviveros carry out training activities and commercial-grade platforms such as ExpoPlantas and promotes outside missions that include events such as GreenTech and FlowerTrials in the Netherlands . Likewise , Colviveros is an affiliate of the Dutch - Colombian Chamber of Commerce - Holland House with which they have shared interests and business growing for the sector .
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At first , the Ambassador and his team visited the facilities of Darwin Colombia , a Colombian nursery company that , besides export 90 million cuttings of live plants annually , father legal rural occupation , with more than 430 occupation in less than 8 hectares of yield . The organization recently received the “ Best Place to Work ” laurels . Darwin Colombia is a company establish in Tenjo , establish in September 2001 , and is currently the largest exporter of springy plants in the country , with more than 70 million cuttings annually to the United States and Europe . doubtless , Dutch engineering and know - how are an important part of the success of this company , as they were visible all along the visit to its premise .
Afterwards , the Dutch deputation , also accompanied by Christian García , ProColombia ’s commercial-grade advisor , visited the orchid production facility of Flores del Rio , a Colombian organization that has been carrying out an important elaboration process in the local Colombian marketplace . Flores del Río is a party founded in March 1972 , and it is currently the organization responsible for the largest production of orchid plants – Phalaenopsis - in Colombia which has a total of 609 employees . All of its orchid product is ground on plant material from Anthura in the Netherlands .
During this visit to representative company of the Nursery Industry of Colombia , market vogue , sustainability , and the development of varieties were discussed to fortify the links in a lifelike sector that connects both nation .
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