During the inauguration of the nation’s first organic sugar mill, Minister of Agriculture Eligio Jáquez highlighted the country’s potential as a producer of organic products. He said the country could soon become a leader in the export of organic sugar. The Procesadora de Caña Orgánica Cruz Verde was inaugurated in Yabacao, Monte Plata. It is a RD$50 million investment. This project has the support Frederich Naumann Stiftung, a German non-governmental organization and the European Union. Present at the inaugural was the Ambassador of Germany, Eva Alexandra Countess Von Kendessy, and the governor of Monte Plata, Antolín Valdez Núñez. The DR is also a major producer of organic bananas and organic chocolate.
