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3. Market

Suriname Acai and Vegetables Market Mapping

• Women harvest orchards, • Access limited by • Women selling produce
men pick in the wild • Acai pulping activities lack of knowledge, in markets
• Some expansion • Women grow vegetables • Juices, icecreams transport, finance • Women market vendors
into seedlings for home use and sell • Vegetables are bought • Some distributors buying from other
remainder on market fresh not processed are also farmers women

Suppliers Farmers Processors Distributors Buyers

Apodo farmers Individual men Individual women in Paramaribo, • Sun Power Juice All main & local Vegetable Buyers:
• Landbouwshop Association* and women in Wanica, Marowijne, Commewijne Mr. Coats, 539169, Private markets eg
• Farmer’s World Marowijne (men Wanica, Zapatastraat 13 markets Zonnebloem
• Van der Jagt NV and women) Commewijne, Small factories in same areas eg: • Edson's podosiri, Main Supermarkets market, Choi's
• Albatros Trading Tranga wroko Saramacca • Sun Power Juice Mr. Coats, 713275 for bottled Acai vegetable market
539169, Zapatastraat 13
• Agriparts/ Umang fu (combine with • Linka's podosiri 8775636, berries juice Most Chinese
Meindertsma Marwina podosiricassava plans) Commewijne • Individual farmers Chinese supermarkets supermarkets have
• Hatramij NV (women’s group) Gopex, Mr. • Edson’s Podsiri, • Middlemen (mainly • Eg Mimi market, a refrigerator with
Maroon Women Gopal: men) distribute the • Eg Amarello vegetables)
Network Experienced processing and greater portion of Individual buyers
* Working with PAS (NGO Pickers (mainly 8736865 export manager (not currently all vegetables and Brazilian who buy at local
working in the interior) in acai individual men) in: (member of processing: Cortessa Dapaw +597 determining the supermarkets eg markets
sector Marowijne VEAPS) 883-3573 price Fumini Traders
Key: Saramacca Little to no processing of Butchers eg Abdul, Vegetable Exporters
Commewijne vegetables, all bought fresh Sofia
Additions for Vegetables in blue • Gopex, Mr. Gopal:
Small Ice Cream 8736865 (member of
• Size of arrow represents relative involvement of women at different stages in the value chain. producers eg VEAPS)
• Information is from internal mapping workshop, not formal survey • Padre Nostro, • VEAPS
Paramaribo • (12 members exporting
Potential partner to kick start initial collaborations – interest in engagement of women and youth Export: Apodoblends vegetables to
NV Netherlands. The export
appr. 65t per week)
Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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