Mangosa currently employs approximately 80 people on a permanent basis. During the harvest season, Mangosa employs a total of about 400 people on a full time basis. Mangosa also hires additional hands on a per diem basis whenever required (there is plenty of qualified low-cost labor in the immediate vicinity of the farm that allows the Company to meet its field needs at peak production time). Permanent field workers are rotated from one crop to another in order to minimize down time in the fields.

Trainded Engineers Operate the Hot Water Treatmet
Control Center under the supervision of USDA
inspectors.

Mangosa employ 100 people in its mango packaging operation. Most of these workers are women who are hired either by the day and/or the season. In addition, Mangosa employ 25 people in administration.

Litigation and Labor Relations
At the present time, Mangosa has no civil, penal or labor lawsuits filed against, or in favor of the Company. Mangosa believe that its Company has excellent relations with its staff and workers. Mangosa has never experienced work stoppage, or any other material grievances, as a result of poor employee relations.

Its employees belong to a democratic union and Mangosa has a working agreement that specifies the policies to be followed in case a conflict should arise. Nicaraguan Law on Litigation and Labor Relations dictates that the personnel of any company with more than 25 employees have the right to form a labor union. It has been its vision to go beyond this law and not only form a labor union but also help the employees in their goal settings, within the Company's possibilities. Its employer-employee relations go beyond what Nicaraguan labor laws stipulate and they may be described as a relationship in which leadership and education is shared with its personnel at all levels. Goals for the Company are set in conjunction with its employees. The union works with the senior management to select new personnel and the training of workers.

Its employees view employment at the firm as a way of attaining a better education for themselves and their children, in addition to making a living. Its employees understand that to the extent that the Company is able to grow, it will translate into more and better opportunities for themselves, their families and their friends and the community around the farm. Mangosa believes in promoting its employees based on merit and hard work. Its best employees, those that demonstrate leadership and interest in improving their skills, are promoted to higher levels within the organization. It is common to see them making use of computers, technological agricultural tools and actively making suggestions to improve its processes.

Environmental Stewardship and Social Responsibility
Its plantation is located in an arid region in an area with one of the lowest levels of precipitation in Nicaragua . As one travels to the farm, it is easy to see the landscape change into a desert type of environment. Its farm is located in the heart of this region, an area that 30 years ago was used by a cotton industry that left it completely barren. Since then, Mangosa has planted more than 70,000 mango trees. Its mango farm attracts birds, hawks, snakes, rabbits, iguanas, and many other animals, thus contributing to the area's biological diversity. Its plantation also plays an important role in reducing the temperature. In an area where the average temperatures reach more than 104 F, one can experience a cool shade and breeze inside its plantation. Mangosa has also implemented a low impact insecticides program that helps promote the development of biological diversity.

Mangosa believes in giving back to the community. Mangosa actively supports the local government and the small village where most of its employees live. Mangosa has built and donated a small school for its employees' children and have negotiated with the local government, in addition to donating the necessary funds, to have electric power from its farm expanded to cover the village where they live. At the present Mangosa is working on getting pipes installed to bring drinking water to the village and donating land and financing low income housing for its workers.