To face the winter wave at the end of 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture led the execution of resources for $19,685 million destined to assist agricultural producers affected by losses in crops, herds and infrastructure for the productive development of the field. The monies were invested before December 31, 2022.
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The environmental effect intensified in the last quarter of the previous year For this reason, the Government declared a national disaster situation in November to attend to the communities that suffered havoc from the rains.
Under this scenario, resources were allocated to meet the needs of the affected population. With Regarding special lines of credit, there was an assignment of $11,162 million executed between November and December of last year. to support 6,423 financing operations for those affected by the rains.
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“The bulk of these resources were financial support because it was very important that farmers did not have economic limitations for the planting season,” said the Minister of Agriculture Cecilia López.
Additionally, through the National Aquaculture and Fisheries Authority, Aunap, fish repopulation programs were supported in the basins of artisanal fishing rivers. For these projects, $3,803 million were transferred for the entire countryhighlighting the 142 direct beneficiaries of Nariño and the 104 of Cauca.
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For its part, the ICA carried out intense days of vaccination, control of disease outbreaks and facilitated the movement of animals from the flooded properties. All the work of coordination, execution and phytosanitary verification had resources of $1,168 million. In Córdoba, Sucre, Bolívar, Cauca and Nariño, 3,123 tons of cattle feed with an investment of $2,332 million.
According to the portfolio, the identification and characterization of producers affected by the winter season in the different regions was in charge of the Rural Agricultural Planning Unit, which had $220 million for information analysis and georeferencing that served to detect the most critical points and those that required urgent attention.
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The readjustment of irrigation districts affected by the rains in the Sibundoy Valley, Alto Chicamocha and Montería had an investment of $1,000 million which were executed by the Rural Development Agency.
Finally, regarding what happened in January in winter matters, Minister López maintained that The actions and support of the entities of the sector for those affected will be announced shortly.
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