Nicaragua: $3 Million for Agriculture

The World Bank approved $3 million for the Government of Nicaragua to purchase eeds and supplies for basic-grain planting.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAGFOR), Ariel Bucardo, said that in addition to the $3 million approved by the World Bank on Monda, MAGFOR is negotiating with the international entity for an additional appropriation of $10 million "to support the purchase of supplies and seeds for some 240 thousand farmers nationwide," according to an article in Laprensagrafica.com

At the recent inauguration of the 2009-2010 agricultural season, President Daniel Ortega acknowledged his government’s difficulties in financing productive activities.

On that occasion, the president indicated that loans were being managed "through the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Venezuelan National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BANDES) and the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA)."

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