PERUCAL

Perucal produces and supplies organic dried mangoes and bananas for businesses such as Trader Joe’s.  The enterprise purchases fruit from over 150 smallholder farmers in Cruceta in the Northwest of Peru. By selling to Perucal, farmers earn a premium of over 35% above local market prices while having a dependable off taker for fruit too small or blemished for export. Perucal also employs over 400 temporary workers, 85% of whom are women each harvest season.  With a $300,000 working capital loan from Beneficial Returns, Perucal can pay its suppliers upon delivery – months before it is paid by international buyers.