Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology request
- POD Reference
- TRCO20240705020
- Term of Validity
- 5 July 2024 - 5 July 2025
- Company's Country
- Colombia
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Investment agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- The company works today with smallscale producers of different agricultural products in Colombia, including beekeeping and is looking to research and develop processes to add further value to the products obtained in order to be able tu fullfill a demand of organic and natural ingredients for functional and highly nutritional food
- Full Description
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The Colombian company was established in 2004. It integrates the value chain from its own crops and with allied farmers and suppliers, obtaining value added products that are sold in the local market and with the main interest in international markets of natural food ingredients, exotic foods, fragrances and flavors.
The company is working in different areas in Colombia, and has gained experience on developing projects that connect farmers with the company's value chain and high value markets. The transformation process is based in obtaining high quality products with energy efficiency and technology. The company pays a fair price to the allied farmers and seeks that all of them develop the right practices to be able to be organic certified as a guarantee for the customers and a market need.
Thanks to agricultural products with great development potential like cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum), vanilla (Vanilla planifolia), annato seeds, chillies, cacao, honey and other beekeeking products, the company expects to become a leader organisation in the development of new processes to add value to sustainable agricultural projects with smallholder farmers and communities of farmers through projects that involve human and social development, food security, regenerative agriculture, organic certifications and highly efficient processes - Advantages and Innovations
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The company's strategy to add value to exportable products start with the organic certification of field production and production processes. In Colombia there are very little organic certified producers and exporters. And the company believes that it is important to be able to provide certifications that the crop is managed without any pesticides or fertilizers from synthetic origin that are toxic for both the health of the people and of the planet.
The company developed a technology to dry cardamom and other herbs and spices, that maintains the organoleptic and medicinal properties, drying at low temperature, and based on energy efficiency. The product is sorted by size and quality and essential oil is obtained from the lower qualities that are not sold in capsules. In addition to the production of ground and decorticated cardamom. All of the cardamom is processed and sold after being transformed. This is still just a little transformation and the company knows that more research is needed to have processes that add higher value and maintains nutritional properties of the food. - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
- The Colombian company is looking for an ally interested in collaborating in the research of more modern technology and processes, connected to the market needs. This partner should be involved in the natural ingredients value chain, so new products can be included in the development as they grow and start the production. The partner can be a researcher or an university.
- Stage of Development
- Under development
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- Goal 15: Life on Land
- Goal 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- Goal 5: Gender Equality
- IPR status
- No IPR applied
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- This partner should be involved in the natural ingredients value chain, so new products can be included in the development as they grow and start the production. The partner can be a researche collaborator or an university.
- Type and Size of Partner
- University
- Other
- R&D Institution
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Investment agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 08001002 - Food Additives/Ingredients/Functional Food
- 07001001 - Agriculture Machinery / Technology
- 07001004 - Crop Production
- 08001004 - Food Processing
- Market keywords
- 05008002 - Food and feed ingredients
- 07003002 - Health food
- 09005 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Animal Husbandry & Related Products
- Sector Groups Involved
- Agri-Food
- Health
- Targeted countries
- All countries
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Files
BIOANDES organic cardamom - Ana Maria Rojas (1).pdf