The director of the Special Fund for Agricultural Development (FEDA), Hecmilio Galván, ordered in Higüey the preparation of projects to support the production of beef cattle, which includes a program to retain wombs (mothers) to be donated to young entrepreneurs and increase the number of mothers.
In addition, the design of an industrial slaughterhouse in Higuey to process the meat, for which the Presidency will manage an initial contribution of 30 million pesos, just as they are working with a similar initiative for El Seybo.
The cattle producers of La Altagracia will have a modern meat processing center, as they have requested for decades, the official announced during the First Meat Festival of that province, which is part of the FEDA work there, where it already The Meat Producers Cooperative (COOPCARNE) was created under the auspices of FEDA.
Galván explained that the Dominican Republic is a country with great potential in meat production, because we have competitive prices abroad, and thanks to the efforts of producers and the government, we have achieved “equivalence” that allows us to export meat to the United States. United States, an opportunity that President Luis Abinader wishes to take advantage of.
The official also promised to collaborate with the channeling of funds for the completion of the Convention Center of the Nisibón Cattlemen’s Association (AGANI) and the delivery this month of funds for the construction of La Plaza Agropecuaria de la Junta La High grace.
He also said that in the next few days he will deliver a new tractor to the Junta La Altagracia Cooperative.
The director of the FEDA assured the sausage manufacturers of Santana, in the province of La Altagracia, they will also have the construction of a tourist inn and a collection center, since “President Luis Abinader through the Administrative Ministry of the Presidency, gave FEDA those funds.
The activity was attended by the provincial governor, Martina Pepén Santana; Senator Virgiliog Barón Duluc (Cholitín); the deputy director of FEDA, Irma Rondón; the president of Coopcarne, Rafael Pión, and Fausto Elías Tejada, president of the National Association of Agricultural Professionals (ANPA), among other personalities.
