Organic Avocado Oil & Derivatives (Extracción de aceite y derivados de aguacate orgánico)
Year: 2024
Country: Ecuador
Project Status: Funded
Impact Sector: Economic Opportunity
Project Investment: $4,500.00
Project Launch: 12-31-24
The “Campos de Ajumbuela” group is made up of four families of avocado farmers who face the challenge of fluctuating avocado prices and middlemen purchases. This group will create an organic avocado oil product as a higher-profit product from their avocado farm. This project’s business plan includes product research & production training, market research and creation of an online store, and marketing. The location will be at a strategic partner farm that has a developed system of commercial relations in three cities (Ibarra, Cotacachi & Quito).