Cape Verdean government to buy seeds to support agricultural campaign

Source: sapo.pt/Lusa The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Cape Verde will import and acquire locally rainfed seeds to distribute to the producers most affected by the successive years of drought and the increase in prices, it was announced today. According to the director-general of Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock, Eneida Rodrigues, given the “lack of seeds and aiming to support breeders” affected by “successive droughts and increase in product prices”, that ministry “is in the process of acquiring of rainfed seeds in local producers”. “Which will be made available to farmers who do not have this plant material, at a promotional price”, explained the official, at a press conference in Praia, for the presentation of the 2022/2023 agricultural campaign. “We are also in the process of importing seeds, especially beans, to complement national production, which accuses it of being insufficient to meet the demands of the campaign. The arrival of these seeds is scheduled ...