The Ocho Sur business group, dedicated to the sustainable production of palm oil in Ucayali, announced the approval of its Investment Plan for this year 2021, which reaches the sum of 29 million soles that will be used to improve the efficiency of its agricultural and industrial operations.
This was announced by its general manager Michael Spoor, who pointed out that these investments will be used mainly in the acquisition of agricultural and transportation machinery, improvement of roads and highways, as well as in the automation process of the modern oil processing plant inaugurated. 2020.
He specified that a good part of these acquisitions and services will be made with local suppliers and contractors from Ucayali, thus supporting the revitalization of the region’s economic activity, at a time when the pandemic has been generating a contraction in income throughout the country. .
“I wish to make it very clear that the Ocho Sur group ratifies its commitment to a sustainable and responsible activity of Palm Oil, as well as to the development of the country, the Ucayali region and its people,” Spoor stressed.
Likewise, he pointed out that since the beginning of its operations, in 2016, the business group has not developed a single additional hectare of Oil Palm on its farms, once again affirming its commitment to the preservation of the Amazon forests.
Ocho Sur is the main generator of formal employment in Ucayali, with approximately 1,700 jobs in its palm plantations of Tibecocha and Zanja Seca, two hours from Pucallpa.
