In the next three months the government plans to issue tenders for the rehabilitation and construction of thirteen irrigation systems.
These thirteen tenders, which the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food plans to publish within 45 days and three months, are part of the National Agricultural Plan, which aims to restore irrigation systems nationwide.
As part of the Agricultural Plan to be implemented within 5 years, the government has announced that starting 2017 it plans to invest $380 million in recovery of 29 irrigation systems in nine municipalities.
The objective of the plan announced by Morales administration is to improve the irrigation of 3300 hectares of arable land in the nine municipalities in the Dry Corridor. Prensalibre.com reports that the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (MAGA), Mario Mendez, explained that "... The aim is for the funding to come from the state budget, to be transferred to the budget of the MAGA and to be authorized by the president. "
An announcement has been made of a visit by a trade delegation of Spanish companies specializing in agricultural machinery, on April 18 and 19.
The Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Guatemala informed Prensalibre.com that a trade mission of Spanish business people will be visiting the country on April 18 and 19. It will be formed of 15 entrepreneurs from eight Spanish firms belonging to the Spanish Association of Agricultural Machinery.
The agricultural chambers in the region are preparing law proposals to be presented in the Central American countries to remove the restrictions on growing GM foods.
Representatives from FECAGRO said the use of agricultural biotechnology allows for improved technology that enables high productivity seeds, reduces agrochemical use, creates more drought-resistant crops that can also be irrigated with salt water and are completely safe for human consumption.
A call is being made to national and international companies to participate in a tender for a pre-investment study for a project for multipurpose reservoirs with high water storage capacity.
An article on Dca.gob.gt reports that the Ministry of Economy, through the Program for Rural Economic Development, is calling on national and international companies to participate in a tender for a pre-investment study, to develop a project of multipurpose reservoirs with high storage capacity (rainwater and river), for implementation of an irrigation system.
The Ministry of Agriculture aims to improve the productive capacity of the country through a policy of irrigation water management.
The initiative includes four components, among which is the creation of dams or reservoirs which store water during the rainy season for use in irrigation during the dry season.
"It's a big but strategic investment which the country needs to take in order to avoid a lot of problems due to climate change," says the Rural Economic Development Deputy Minister, Carlos Anzueto.
Authorities in Guatemala are offering $25.57 million in subsidies and loans to provide access to high technology irrigation systems.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (Maga) has created a fund called the Integral Development Program for Areas with Potential for Irrigation and Drainage (Plamar in Spanish), which aims to ensure access to irrigation systems with modern technology.
The Agriculture Ministry plans to invest $3 million in irrigation systems for the departments in the so-called "Dry Corridor" ("Corredor Seco").
Daniel Tistoj, project leader, explained the initiative covers the communities of Guatemala, Santa Rosa, Suchitepéquez, Quetzaltenango, Retalhuleu, Chiquimula, Jutiapa, Zacapa, Jalapa, San Marcos and Huehuetenango.
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