Onotto (Bixa orellana) consist in a shrub that can grow up to 6 mt high and belongs to Bixaceae family wich origin center is located in Central America and México. It produces seeds in small bladded shaped. These seeds are high in bixin, a very strong natural dye widely used in pharmaceutical and food industry.
Near to 70% of national consumption is imported directly from Peru that is the largest south american producer and one of the main world exporters.
Onnotto shrub root system is very deep and due of this is very remarkable that this crop is notabily documented as species that:
Onnotto tree has no, in agronomical terms, a complex disease or pest so strong to be considered production limit factor since it is not affected by bacterias nor fungical diseases. In addition, custom made fertilization plans are far less expensive that other fertilization plans made for any fruit or orchard crop since they usually are high in NPK.
Even ther is an unsupplied demand in the colombian domestic market, there is a high potential for export Onotto seeds.
Due its high efficiency, a very high resilience to drought and almost an absence of any complex pest that implicates expensive pest and disease control, the Onnotto crop present itself as a potential high profit opportunity for the colombian market since its establishment in terms of the internal consumption can be measured in several thounsands of hectares to be planted.
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