Venezuelan Trade Mission in Nicaragua

An official delegation will discuss several development programs with their Nicaraguan counterparts.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The Agenda includes the Pacific Irrigation project, whose total investment could reach $2.145 million.

This project consists of "irrigating 65.000 hectares using water from the Nicaragua Lake in the first 5 years, to expand it to 625.000 hectares in 15 years. It would enable the production of over 3 million tons of food each year", reports Elnuevodiario.com.

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