quality of life of 50 thousand families in approximately 200 rural communities .
85 % of the national production of snow peas , green beans and mini vegetables are located in the departments of Chimaltenango , Sacatepéquez and Sololá . The success of the industry has promoted the development of new productive areas in Huehuetenango , El Quiché , Alta Verapaz , Baja Verapaz and Jalapa that complete the remaining 15 %.
It is estimated that they grow around 11 thousand hectares of peas , 4 thousand of green beans and 6 thousand of broccoli that generate almost 60 thousand direct jobs per season and up to 1.5 million temporary workers .
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Official sources confirm that there are still good areas available for planting these crops and that there are at least 250 thousand hectares with potential to strengthen the vegetable sector , if they cound with the support and the necessary productive infrastructure .
The industry has matured , so the activities of the exporting sector focus on promoting the implementation of management systems for quality , good practices compliance in production processes and added value , sanitary and phytosanitary norms , national and international regulatory management , technology transfer , agricultural research as well as national and international commercial promotion .
In 2016 , the National Pea Foundation ( Fundarveja ) was created as an initiative of the agroexporters businesses , with the objective of supporting the communities through corporate social responsibility , generating comprehensive development and better life conditions for the producer families of the rural area . This , through the programs and educational , nutritional and environmental safety projects , focused on the empowering and generation of opportunities for social and human capital development , respecting the identity and cultural practices as well as gender equality .
Exporting our high quality vegetables to the world , complying with world standards and with social business responsibility , snow peas , sweet peas , French green beans and other non-traditional vegetables are of great value towards the sustainable rural development of the country .
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