date:Dec 20, 2013
PureCircle has partnered with the Agricultural Ministry of Paraguay to provide smallholder farms in that country the opportunity to improve their standard of living by growing and harvesting stevia.
The plan, called 1,000 Families, starts with a government grant for 1,000 family farms to build a small stevia nursery. PureCircle will provide cuttings to stock each nursery with an anticipated end yield of 60,000 to 65,000 seedlings per farm. The company will also supply ongoing agronomic and tec