Chile: INDAP provided incentives for the cultivation of wheat, barley, oats, and potatoes in the commune of La Unión

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Published Jun 24, 2022

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Incentives from the Plan Siembra por Chile for the reactivation of traditional crops, for a total amount of $25 million, were received by 30 small producers of wheat, barley, oats and potatoes from the commune of La Unión. The delivery was made in the Town Hall of the municipality and was headed by the national deputy director of Indap, Pía Alfaro, within the framework of a two-day visit to the Los Ríos Region.

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This benefit, which seeks to mitigate the rise in prices of agricultural inputs, support the creation of jobs and contribute to food security, consists of $200,000 per hectare of the aforementioned crops (in addition to rice, wheat and vines), with a cap of 5 hectares, and is being distributed between the Metropolitan and Los Lagos regions. In Los Ríos, this voucher will be delivered to 850 Indap users from the 12 districts of the region, with an investment of $314 million. According to Pía Alfaro -who during her activities was accompanied by the regional director (S) of the service, Alejandra Bartsch-, this delivery of incentives is the first to be carried out in the Los Ríos Region and during the next few days the various territories of the provinces of Ranco and Valdivia. "In addition, we are working with the regional government so that in the second semester we can expand resources and meet all the unsatisfied demand," he said. He added that they are jointly making known the ...

Source: CLportalagro