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GMSacha Inchi $QEDN received an order of 12,000,000 tetrapak and 150 tons from Ingredion and starts working with the UN
GMSacha Inchi $QEDN received an order of 12,000,000 tetrapak and 150 tons from Ingredion and starts working with the UN.
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[{"type":"text","content":" The Ministry of Agriculture of Colombia has set a goal to plant 5,000 Hectares of Sacha Inchi in areas that have illegal crops like Coca leaf and areas that have high priority call PDET from 2023 to 2026. PDET means Development Programs with a Territorial Approach (PDET) aim to stabilize and transform the territories most affected by violence, poverty, illicit economies and institutional weakness, and thus achieve the rural development required by these 170 municipalities. https://www.sic.gov.co/ruta-pi/octubre-2021/pi-mas-alla/territorios-pdet-donde-aplican-las-tasas-preferenciales-de-registro-de-marcas-patentes-y-disenos-industriales#:~:text=Los%20Programas%20de%20Desarrollo%20con,que%20requieren%20estos%20170%20municipios. To accomplish this program the ministry of agriculture has requested GMS Green Mind Solutions a subsidiary of QED Connect (QEDN) to work together to approach several companies including Ingredion (INGR), Nestle, PepsiCo, Coca Cola, Grupo Nutresa, USAID, Grupo Exito.Ingredion (INGR) is the first company that met with GMS, Tetrapak and the ministry of Agriculture. Ingredion (INGR) has a contract with the Colombian government to make bienestarina. The contract LP0052021SEN is for $1.153.820.147.293 Colombian pesos or approximately $243,000,000 USD for 6 years. https://www.icbf.gov.co/licitacion-publica-lp0052021sen . Ingredion won the contract on February 11, 2022. \"It is the first time that an adjudication has been made for the production and distribution of Foods of High Nutritional Value for 6 years, after completing a process that was accompanied by the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation and the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic was awarded to Ingredion Colombia S.A. which will be responsible for producing powdered Bienestarina at the ICBF plants in Cartago (Valle del Cauca), Sabanagrande (Atlántico) and at a third-party plant, Bienestarina liquid. \" https://www.icbf.gov.co/noticias/icbf-garantiza-la-produccion-de-bienestarina-en-los-proximos-seis-anos.On December 28, 2022 \" President Gustavo Petro prohibited the purchase of this bienestarina for children because it is imported\" Ingredion imports 75% of the 4,500 tons of Soya and 150 tons of Flax seeds oil to manufacture Bienestarina https://www.semana.com/politica/articulo/cuando-el-ic...