Chile: Minagri will allocate $7,582 million to strengthen national production of traditional crops

Published Mar 15, 2024

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Chile's Minister of Agriculture, Esteban Valenzuela, and the national director of INDAP, Santiago Rojas, have unveiled a $7,582 million investment to boost sustainable production of traditional crops like cereals, legumes, and potatoes. The initiative, funded through INDAP, will aid 1,605 producers in the Valparaíso and La Araucanía regions. The investment is split into four areas: technical advice, inputs, services, and project financing, with the goal of enhancing production, encouraging sustainable practices, and facilitating better market conditions.

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The initiative, financed through INDAP, aims to promote sustainable national production of traditional crops, including wheat, corn, rice, legumes and potatoes. Yerbas Buenas, March 13, 2024-. The Minister of Agriculture, Esteban Valenzuela, together with the national director of INDAP, Santiago Rojas, announced this Wednesday an investment of $7,582 million aimed at promoting the sustainable production of traditional crops such as cereals, legumes and potatoes. The initiative will benefit 1,605 producers between the regions of Valparaíso and La Araucanía and is in line with the Government's commitment to advance the country's food sovereignty. The announcement was made in the town of Yerbas Buenas, Maule Region, where $126 million was delivered to 63 Linares producers dedicated to the production of wheat, corn and rice. The Minister of Agriculture, Esteban Valenzuela, said that “this delivery of resources is an unprecedented program in the history of agriculture that is called ...

Source: Portaldelcampo