Modernizing the Operating Techniques and Equipment in Macedonia
“I have gained a lot through this program. We have higher productivity and higher sales.”
Kire Sosev, manager of Dushan Ciric
The Dushan Ciric company is one of 40 in a Land O’Lakes program backed by USAID to modernize the operating techniques and equipment of fruit and vegetable producers in Macedonia. The four-year program helps the industry comply with European export standards and establish HACCP food security measures.
Over a dozen Macedonian fruit and vegetable companies attended a food show in Moscow where Sosev has been selling peaches and apricots through a Greek exporter. He has also sold to Latvia through a contact in Ukraine. Since he joined the Land O’Lakes program, Sosev increased peach orchards from 100 to 150 hectares, and he has begun growing grapes.
USAID’s Macedonia mission invested $1.1 million in the program, which aims to increase income and employment in the fruit and vegetable sector by its end in October 2007.
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| Kire Sosev has found new markets for his peaches and apricots. |
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