Food Magazine September 2014 | Page 88

HACIENDA LA CABAÑA S . A .
operate , and these techniques can be adapted to other businesses in the field ,” the executive said .
Commercial Allies Hacienda La Cabaña shares their growth and national success with small farmers who posses a land size under 50 acres . The company buys crops from these small businesses at a competitive price and provides them with technical advice and additional agricultural services .
Plam production
Future Developments As a pioneering company in its field , it is their job to succeed against new challenges in the entire palm industry in Colombia . For this , Hacienda La Cabaña has very clear and precise objectives for the next five years :
1 . To develop and increase High Oleic Palm Oil plantations that are resistant to pests and diseases .
2 . To rehabilitate and replant in recently devastated areas such as Tumaco , where bud rot destroyed entire plantations . This infestation is considered a nemesis in the palm oil industry .
3 . To develop the local market for the displacement of soybean oil imports by processing more high oleic oil .
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