It is clean-cut that the agriculturist are hit intemperately by the COVID-19 crisis , but what about the beginning of the range of mountains , the breeder ? At thePMA Floral Roundtablethat was held yesterday Guillermo Mahecha , Account Manager of chrysanthemum gentility company Dekker Chrysanten Colombia , shared his experience on how they feel - or advantageously say , will palpate - the wallop of the pandemic .
Guillermo Mahecha at Proflora 2019 , proudly presenting one of their awarding winning varieties .
" So far , we are not affected that much . We did not have to lay off any or trim the labor hour of our actor yet like many cultivator had to do . regrettably , we are restricted to do any farm visits , so we can not see our variety growing and developing at different locations . "
However , large challenges are to come , he explain . " foremost , 2 farms went out of business , of which one was a large node of ours . In general , the orders decreased by 50 % percent . second , we see some reduced planting among the other Colombian grower . in the end , we see that local product in the US is becoming more popular , which in twist might affect the Colombian exports as well . The aftermath of all these current movement , we will emphatically see in our revenue at end of this twelvemonth . "
So what can you do as a stock breeder ? " We are fortunate that our mother company Dekker Chrysanten in the Netherlands can back us up when it would become necessary . But till now , we can still keep all our employees so that we can continue breeding and bringing new variety to the market place . Additionally , we will asseverate the yield of cuttings so that we can supply the farm with all kind they need and whenever they need it . All in all , we stay in close contact with our farms and look for solutions to keep them , and in the end us , move on . "
Mahecha accent the severeness of the spot and that exports are essential for this country and more importantly , the multitude in this country . " We are happy to see that Mother ’s Day was a good daylight for the US retailers and in the futurity , all growers desire to cover supply the market with flowers as they did pre - COVID . Now , however , in some cases , people in Colombia are work out the same hours for half salaries , or get off house jobless . They bring out a beautiful product and the emptor should reckon how to assist them out . "
For more informationDekker Chrysanten ColombiaGuillermo MahechaT : +57 310 521 44 32Email:[email protected]www.dekkerchrysanten.com
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