Agricultural sector Agricultural support Agronomy Food And Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agricultural Development Ministry (Panama) Basic grains agricultural development Agricultural funding Agriculture and Livestock Ministry of El Salvador Alberto Cárdenas Farms Fondo de Inversión Social Giacomo Tamburrelli Inter-American Development Bank Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

Panama Earmarks $12 Million for Self Sustainable Farms

Over the next four years, the Social Investment Fund (FIS) will invest in 12.000 self sustainable farms and orchards.

Monday, June 28, 2010

This initiative is expected to benefit low-income communities.

Giacomo Tamburrelli, head of FIS, asked the Budget Committee of the Legislative for an additional $2 million for the project, adding that FIS has already organized most of the technical and financial aspects of the project. ‘Each farm will benefit 15 families, while each orchard 9’, he noted.

Source: Prensa.com

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$100 Million for Honduran Agriculture

July 2010

The investment, backed by the IDB and the World Bank, consists of various projects to support the farming sector.

The minister for the state's farming council (SAG), Jacobo Regalado, highlighted in particular the “Rural Competitiveness” project. This scheme will last six years, benefit seven departments and is aimed at helping the rural poor.

$11 Million For Panamanian Agriculture

November 2009

Spain will provide funds for increasing basic grain production in Panama.

The money will be used to boost rice, beans and corn production.

Victor Pérez, agricultural development minister, told Pa-digital.com.pa: "The Food and Agriculture Organization will install its Central American offices in Panama. This means they will store in Panama all the seeds that will be distributed in Central America".

New Measures for Fostering Salvadoran Agriculture

August 2009

Strengthening modified seeds, legalization of property titles and renovation of coffee plantations are some of the measures.

Other measures announced by the government to boost agricultural production include negotiating of 3 credit lines for at least $300 million.

"Additionally, for livestock breeders, a commission will be created for solving the cattle theft problem", reported La Prensa Gráfica.

The FAO supports small farmers in Central America

December 2008

The initiative will provide aid to small farmers in Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.

The investment of $12 million will be used to produce 32,000 metric tonnes of seed valued at $52.7 million, according to the Panama America daily.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization reported that it will support the increase in agricultural production by poor families in more than 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, by providing better access to basic goods.