Alfredo emilio Najar

Alfredo emilio Najar

1. Specialized production of fruits, nuts, drinkable plants and spices

   • including tree tomato, passion fruit, uchuva tomato, passion fruit, cape gooseberry, prickly pear, pitahaya, curuba, custard apple, soursop and other fresh fruit, the market has not the market has not shown a major expansion and therefore supply has not varied significantly in recent supply has not varied significantly in recent years.
   • As an agricultural country, Colombia has enormous potential for the exploitation of its fields. exploitation of its fields
   • In recent years, fruit growing has increased its share of the agricultural sector from 6% in 1990 to 15% in 2002. sector from 6% in 1990 to 15% in 2002. This is due to the higher growth dynamics growth dynamics exhibited by fruit trees (3.8%) (
   • Soil preparation
     • Regardless of the climatic floor in which it is to be cultivated, nor the fruit tree chosen to exploit the land must be the land must be conditioned for its exploitation, this can be done manually or using tractors. can be done manually or using tractors
   • Seed germination
     • At the same time, the seeds are germinated in greenhouses until they become bushes. This allows a better use of cultivation and harvesting times, as well as crop replenishment. harvesting times, as well as crop replenishment.
   • Sowing
     • Once the land is conditioned, you can proceed to plant the shrubs selected from the lot. selected from the lot.
   • Pest control
     • During the cultivation period before harvesting, fruit trees should be protected from insects, diseases and pests. protected from insects, diseases and parasites, for this purpose fungicides, pesticides, pesticides and other fungicides, pesticides, pesticides and others that must be selected according to the crop being according to the crop being grown.

2. Cocoa processing, chocolate

   • Coffee threshing
     • After Brazil, Colombia is the third largest producer in the world and the first in the production of mild coffee. production of mild coffee.
     • Coffee threshing is the process through which green coffee is obtained, which is basically the coffee bean without the layers that cover it such as parchment. is basically the coffee bean without the layers that cover it, such as parchment, without impurities. without impurities.
     • Drying The coffee is spread out in drying patios for at least one day when mechanical dryers are used. mechanical dryers are used to prevent the beans from fracturing. dryers are not used, the coffee is left in the drying patios for three days, moving it constantly to ensure uniform to guarantee uniform drying.
     • Storage The coffee is packed in 60 kg bags and stacked on wooden pallets away from any surface to avoid contamination of the product. away from any surface to avoid contamination of the product. Below are the flow diagrams of the coffee threshing process. See Graph 40 and Graph 41. 40 and Graph 41.
     • Drying The coffee is spread out in drying patios for at least one day when mechanical dryers are used. mechanical dryers are used to prevent the beans from fracturing. dryers are not used, the coffee is left in the drying patios for three days, moving it constantly to ensure uniform to guarantee uniform drying.
     • Sorting The broken grains are removed by means of sieves, while the "black" grains are manually black" grains are manually removed