S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 In 21003, when he began growing Tahiti lemons in Ja\u00edba, in the north of the state of Minas Gerais, 600 kilometres away from the Belo Horizonte, farmer Reginaldo Nunes Saraiva did not aim so high. At least not in such a short period of time. Seven years later, in partnership with two other entrepreneurs, he is already shipping five containers to Europe each week, holding 24 tonnes of the fruit each. Foreign sales already represent 60% of revenues for the grower, who left the state of Piau\u00ed to venture into the world of citrus fruit in Minas Gerais land. <\/p>\n
"I started out farming one hectare worth of lemon,\u201d says Saraiva. Heading Fazenda Ouro Verde (Green gold Farm), he began exporting in 2004. \u201cI attended a fair in S\u00e3o Paulo where I made contacts to export, and right there at the event I closed a deal for our first batch\u201d he says. <\/p>\n
Now, Tahiti lemons from Ja\u00edba are shipped on a weekly basis to Germany, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The aim is to make even more progress in the foreign market over the next few years. And that includes the Arab world. \u201cI am keenly interested, I want to sell to those countries,\u201d says Saraiva. \u201cWe are working hard on our contacts to that end,\u201d he claims. <\/p>\n
According to Saraiva, the rising exports from Fazenda Ouro Verde are linked to a partnership signed with two other enterprises: company Phelo Produ\u00e7\u00e3o Agropecu\u00e1ria and Fazenda Sim\u00f4nica, both in the Ja\u00edba region. \u201cWe are not partners, but we export together,\u201d explains the farmer. \u201cThis was how we managed to make progress abroad,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n
In Brazil, aside from Minas Gerais, Ouro Verde fruit is sold in the states of Alagoas, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and the Federal District. Lemon production is estimated at 42 tonnes per hectare\/year. The price is around 1.20 Brazilian real per kilogram. <\/p>\n
The secret to the success of lemons from the region? \u201cHere, the weather favours production, because we get lots of sunlight and water at once,\u201d says Saraiva. \u201cWe have no problems due to seasonality, and this is a variety of lemon that holds lots of juice,\u201d guarantees the entrepreneur. <\/p>\n
Contact <\/b>
Fazenda Ouro Verde
Telephone: (+55 38) 3833-2586
E-mail: pjfrutas@hotmail.com
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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