Una planta empacadora de tubérculos y raíces, que se instalará próximamente en el distrito de Ocú, pudiese ayudar a resolver el problema del rechazo que tienen algunos productos cuya apariencia los descalifica para su comercialización (...) Ésta es la opinión del director regional del Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario en Herrera, Tomás Solís, para quien el rechazo es un problema que ha estado afectando a los productores (...) Solís aseguró que al procesar los citados alimentos se aumenta la vida útil del tubérculo en unos 90 días, lo que serviría para la comercialización en el mercado nacional e internacional.
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