$26 Million for Basic Grains in Honduras

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The announcement was made by the Agriculture Ministry (SAG). Vice minister Juan Angel Artrica also commented they plan to sow 24 million quintals of corn (11 million of yellow grain, and the rest of white).

“Such plan comprises the first sowing (May to December) of rice, corn and some bean, as it is a high consumption product (5.000 daily quintals)”, reported La Tribuna.

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