A visit by the German-Dominican Chamber of Foreign Trade and a new member in BioTropic
The German-Dominican Chamber of Foreign Trade visits its members. Our office in Mao was the first host of the round of visits. About 20 members and employees of the Chamber of Foreign Trade had an opportunity to form an opinion of the innovative eco-business at first hand. Volker Schmidt, Aquilino Cruz and other Biotropic employees showed the representatives of the Chamber of Foreign Trade around their site. The visitors appeared to be impressed by the banana plantation and the new "Cibao" eco-centre. This teaching and research park will probably be inaugurated in spring 2015. Even now it was already possible to see diverse things ranging from extensive open-air cultivation to a greenhouse of 600 square metres or so for growing vegetables, on to a wind wheel and a photovoltaic system, which also gave the visitors an insight into renewable energy as well as eco agriculture.
Tags: Kochbananen, Aquilino Cruz (GB), German Dominican Chamber of Commerce (GB), Dominican Republic (GB), Erika-Luisa Herrera (GB), Ecological Centre "Cibao" (GB), Volker Schmidt (GB), Weltwärts (GB)