date:Dec 20, 2013
hnical support to farmers.
In addition, as long as the farmers propagate PureCircles proprietary stevia plants, the company guarantees purchase of the entire harvested crop. The company hopes to see the nurseries increase cultivation in order to generate up to 500 new hectares of stevia by July 2014.
Stevia is native to Paraguay, so the growing conditions are ideal, said Ajay Chandran, director, corporate sustainability, PureCircle. In our experience working closely with family farms on four c