And it is that, due to his origin, Nairo has extensive knowledge of the situation of the Colombian countryside and specifically of the daily life of potato growers. In this context, Quintana was interviewed in February 2022 by Julio Sánchez Cristo on W Radio: “As you know, I have always been an ambassador of the countryside, a fighter, a defender because I am still a farmer, I continue to cultivate and now not only dad but coffee. Before we did the campaign to buy Colombian agricultural products, we helped the peasants and we all helped each other, the peasants do not need to be given money, but now the inputs go up by 300 percent.” In addition, he added: “Before, producing a bundle Potato cost between 50,000 and 70,000 pesos, it was sold for 40,000 pesos and it was lost, but now, with the 300 percent increase in inputs, it is impossible to buy or produce it when it will come much cheaper from Belgium, the Netherlands and the United States United” commented
