The coronavirus crisis is omnipresent, in the media, in society as a whole. In all locations, including in our offices, in the fields and in the packing stations, we have adapted our procedures to comply with the requirements and restructured them where necessary. Colleagues, workers, growers: everyone is pulling together in a combined effort.
(Photo January 2020)
Lisbeth Mora, our BioTropic Project Manager in Costa Rica, is kept extremely busy with her varied workload. We import organic ginger, turmeric and sweet potatoes from this Central American country. Normally, Mora coordinates local cultivation, harvesting and training for smallholders. But what is normal these days? The global coronavirus pandemic arrived in the Central American country some time ago, posing new challenges for its already poor northern region.
It's that time again: peak season in Senegal in the fields and in the packing depot. The ripe mangos are being harvested continuously and prepared for transportation to Duisburg.
The coronavirus has the entire world in its clutches. We asked our employees at BioTropic branches what the situation looks like to them.
You can read their reports here.
While winter still prevails in Western Europe and the trees remain bare, sun-kissed Nardorcott mandarins make their way to us from Morocco.
