La gulupa: otra oportunidad convertida en desilusión
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Universidad del Rosario
Escuela de Ciencias Humanas
Periodismo y Opinión Pública
Escuela de Ciencias Humanas
Periodismo y Opinión Pública
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La gulupa, o fruta de la pasión morada como es conocida en otros países, es un fruto exótico que entre 2017 y 2018 generó buenas cifras en el mercado de exportación colombiano según la Asociación Nacional de Comercio Exterior. A raíz de esto, la gulupa se convirtió en una idea de negocio para cuatro campesinos del municipio de Pasca, Cundinamarca quienes vieron con ilusión las ganancias de exportar una fruta que iba en crecimiento. Sin embargo, no contaron con que algunos contratiempos harían el proceso de producción más complejo de lo que parecía. Este es un reportaje que cuenta el proceso de cuatro campesinos productores de gulupa que se enfrentaron a la escasez de agua, cuatro enfermedades y un mal estado de las vías que dificultaba el negocio. Estas historias permiten ver cómo la producción de frutas con opción de exportación impacta en los factores económicos, sociales y ambientales del campo; y reflejan una vez más que la falta de apoyo y garantías a los productores frutícolas es una situación que se repite en todo el país.
Gulupa, or purple passion fruit as it is known in other countries, is an exotic fruit that according to the National Association of Foreign Trade generated good increases in the Colombian export market between 2017 and 2018. As a result, gulupa became a business idea for four farmers from Pasca, Cundinamarca who were looking forward to the profits of exporting a fruit that was growing. However, they were met with setbacks that would make the process more complex than it seemed. This is a report that tells the story of four gulupa farmers who faced water shortages, four diseases and poor roads that made the business difficult. These stories show how the production of fruit for export has an impact on the economic, social and environmental factors of the countryside; and they reflect once again that the lack of support and guarantees for fruit producers is a situation that is repeated throughout the country.
Gulupa, or purple passion fruit as it is known in other countries, is an exotic fruit that according to the National Association of Foreign Trade generated good increases in the Colombian export market between 2017 and 2018. As a result, gulupa became a business idea for four farmers from Pasca, Cundinamarca who were looking forward to the profits of exporting a fruit that was growing. However, they were met with setbacks that would make the process more complex than it seemed. This is a report that tells the story of four gulupa farmers who faced water shortages, four diseases and poor roads that made the business difficult. These stories show how the production of fruit for export has an impact on the economic, social and environmental factors of the countryside; and they reflect once again that the lack of support and guarantees for fruit producers is a situation that is repeated throughout the country.
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Gulupa, Economía campesina, Exportación, Pasca Cundinamarca, Medios noticiosos, periodismo, publicación, Farmer Economy, Pasca Cundinamarca, Market, Exportation