MPS and CPFF CR sign memorandum
MPS and the Chamber of Plants, Flowers, and Foliage of Costa Rica (CPFF CR) signed a Memorandum to strengthen the cooperation between both organisations. This memorandum was signed during the first “Encuentro Nacional de Productores y Exportadores de Plantas, Flores y Follajes 2023” in Costa Rica. By means of this agreement, CPFF CR and MPS will support member growers in their efforts to grow more sustainably. Cooperation is essential in order to improve together!
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Mr Rodolfo Gil, President of CPFF, signed the Memorandum on behalf of CPFF. For MPS, the Memorandum was signed by Mr Arthij van der Veer, Area Manager Africa. All this took place in front of other notable persons from CPFF, namely Maylen Rojas, Vice President; Folkert Hoekstra, Vice President; Sergio Madrigal, Director; María Nela Jiménez, Fiscal; Gilberth Castillo, Director and Bernardo Vargas, Executive Director.
The first "National Meeting of Producers and Exporters of Plants, Flowers and Foliage 2023", was held on 30 March in Santa Clara, San Carlos, Alajuela, Costa Rica, and its purpose was to bring together the community composed of producers, exporters, suppliers, academia, and other partners, under the central message of sustainability of production and trade of their products. Also, the state of the sector was discussed as well as the trends, the challenges and from this to point out the directions that will guide future actions.
"The agreement signed with MPS allows us to establish a working relationship with clear purposes and to achieve direct benefits for Costa Rican producers. We are extremely grateful for this initiative that we hope will be consolidated from the work and trust that we build together," says Bernardo Vargas, Executive Director of CPFF CR.
Arthij van der Veer, Area Manager MPS agrees: “The cooperation with CPFF CR as leading industry association in Costa Rica creates the opportunity to not only work with growers individually on sustainability but also on an industry level. Topics like lowering usage of crop protection agents, calculating carbon footprints and reporting directives are applicable globally and by cooperating we ensure that exporting growers from Costa Rica ensure their market position. As MPS we are happy to have broad support from the industry to cooperate on the area of sustainability and we are looking forward to sharing results in the near future”.
About CPFF CR
Founded in 2007, the Chamber of Plants, Flowers, and Foliage of Costa Rica (CPFF CR) is the Costa Rican private sector organisation, which brings together 45 producers and exporters of ornamental plants, flowers, and fresh foliage, for export purposes. Climate conditions, soils, entrepreneurship, and skilled labor; It has allowed local production to stand out in the national and international market for its quality and exclusivity of products. Thanks to this trajectory Costa Rica has been one of the main suppliers of foliage to the European Union market with fresh leaves of palm trees "Phoenix", of plants of "Aralia". We are also ornamental plants where the "marginatas", the "Dracaena Massangena” (Indian cane), “croton”, cuttings and variety of palm trees stand out. The flowers of Costa Rica are highly appreciated in the international market, highlighting the lilies, followed by the different varieties of tall flowers and tropical flowers. The United States is the main market for Costa Rican flowers, where we are ranked as the fourth country supplier of flowers for that market.
About MPS
MPS develops and manages sustainability certificates for the international flower and ornamental industry and conducts certification through its sister organisation MPS-ECAS. The MPS-ABC certificate is recognised around the world as the international standard. While based in the Netherlands, MPS is active in 52 countries. In total, more than 3,500 growers participate in MPS-ABC around the world (5,000 production locations). For more information on MPS please visit www.my-mps.com.
