The Comptroller General of Panama has approved a contract to finance the first part of the Agricultural Master Plan in the Western Region, whose funds will be invested in the next two years.
Monday, June 18, 2018
The plan, which in its first stage will be executed in seven components, consists of the improvement of productive infrastructure, acquisition of equipment and supplies and management of the water resource.
Prensa.com reports that "... With these first funds, the renewal of 125 hectares of banana plantations from the Cooperativa Bananera del Atlántico, RL, in Bocas del Toro willbe promoted; We will be working with members of the Renaissance Producers Association (Asociación de Productores de Renacimiento) to increase productivity and improve post-harvest coffee management."
For his part, Felipe Rodríguez, president of the Competitiveness Center of the Western Region, explained that "... Among the plans is also improvement of the production and commercialization of beans, bananas and pigeonpeas in theNgäbe-Bugléregion."
During the first nine months of 2018, the main regional crop exported was coffee, with $2,493 million, followed by banana, with $1,939 million, pineapple, with $825 million and sugar, with $645 million.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
With a loan from the Andean Development Corporation, part of the master plan for agriculture in the Western region will be financed, which consists of the improvement of productive infrastructure, acquisition of equipment and supplies and management of water resources.
The program comprises seven components in its first stage: research, extension and technical assistance; associativity and entrepreneurship; agricultural health and food safety; metrology and laboratories; water management and water harvesting; productive infrastructure, equipment and supplies; institutional development for the execution of PMARO.
Grupo Duwest has announced the acquisition of Cafesa, a company that traded agricultural products and machinery, which until now belonged to Yara International.
Both Duwest and Cafesa are engaged in the marketing of agricultural products and machinery in Central America.Raimundo Rojas, CEO of Duwest, confirmed to Nacion.com that"... the acquisition and recent investments amounted to $12 million."
Productivity of beef, pork and onions improved between May 2015 and April 2016, while projected goals were not achieved for rice, beans and white corn.
The goals set at the beginning of the Solis management to facilitate conditions for raising agricultural productivity have been met by half, since of the products identified as "sensitive" because of strong competition faced externally, only beef, pork and onions managed to exceed the targets set for the first year.
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