The Government is promoting the Majes-Siguas II project, which will expand the agricultural frontier by 38,500 hectares.
Nelly Paredes, Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigationpointed out that Midagri, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the regional government of Arequipa seek to unlock the project of irrigation Majes-Siguas II, that it will expand the agricultural frontier by 38,500 hectares.
Along these lines, after a meeting with the regional governor, Rohel Sánchez, the head of Midagri, announced that the unlocking of emblematic irrigation projects will be promoted to boost agricultural activities, benefit producers and encourage greater food production.
Likewise, the minister inaugurated this morning in Arequipa the Agro-Rural Dialogues as a space to socialize and coordinate articulated work in favor of the rural agrarian development of the regions.
“These dialogues will also serve to promote the improvement of the productive and institutional capacities of agricultural producers and agricultural producers and their access to the local, regional and national market,” said Paredes.
Catastrophic Agricultural Insurance
The head of the sector also highlighted the actions of the sector in Arequipa, where the implementation of the Catastrophic Agricultural Insurance (SAC), compensation of S / 800 that is assigned to small farmers per hectare in case their crops have been affected by phenomena climatic conditions, has secured 53,056 hectares of agricultural land.
Similarly, it is expected that the fertiabono will reach 5/,268 beneficiaries. It should be noted that on February 15, 3,860 producers have made the payment, accumulating a disbursed amount of more than S/7 million, equivalent to 73% of the total. For this 2022 it is estimated to serve 1,433 agricultural producers for an amount greater than one million soles.
Source: Larepublica
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