The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) confirmed that the name of the nation that will be in charge will only be known in March 2024. to build stage III of the Chavimochic irrigation projectlocated in La Libertad, and no longer through the direct award in February that the Ministry of Economy and Finance had anticipated (MEF).
The execution must be carried out through the Government to Government (G2G) modality. The Netherlands and Canada are the only two nations that have presented their technical and economic proposals. The agreement will be signed with one of them.
Minister Jennifer Contreras explained that her office will dedicate the entire month of January to defining the best proposal that should make a project viable that aims to incorporate 63,000 new hectares of land and improve irrigation conditions in another 48,000 hectares after the passage of The boy.
“In March the contract should be signed to restart execution under the G2G. We have one month to evaluate the technical and economic proposal. After choosing the winning country, negotiations begin, and the contract must be signed no later than the first week of March, if not February,” he said.
On the other hand, Midagri It has also been assisting, technically, the regional governments of Piura and Arequipa to unblock the Alto Piura and Majes-Siguas II irrigation projects, respectively.
Minister Contreras said that other paralyzed works remain on the agenda, such as Chinecas (Áncash), which will allow “expanding the agricultural frontier, increasing food production and generating productive employment in the countryside.”
A few weeks ago, the Government reported the unblocking of the Iruro project, located between Ayacucho and Arequipa, which will allow more than 10,250 hectares to be irrigated and directly benefit 2,665 families, especially family farmers. The works will require an investment of S/185.2 million to be executed in 610 days.
The key
Harvests. Midagri expects a recovery of 3% in agriculture in 2024. To that end, 66,030 credits were also provided to 62,552 farmers with money from Agroperu and the Fund for Financial Inclusion of Small Producers.
Source: Larepublica
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