The Director of the Special Fund for Agricultural Development (Feda), Hagmilio Galván, headed the tenth Larimar routea day of activities in the province of Barahona, focused on strengthening agricultural production, promoting rural entrepreneurship, promoting agroecology and promoting urban and rural arborization.
During the tour, Galván highlighted the extraordinary potential of Barahona, a province that combines Climate diversity and geographical, with fertile valleys, cold mountains, paradisiacal beaches and a rich agricultural and commercial tradition.
“Barahona has everything: Livestock, banana, coffee, cocoa, tourism, trade, fishing and mining, with the national stone, the Larimar. It is a strategic jewel for the development of the country, ”he said.
The Larimar route It included the simultaneous development of several institutional programs, including:
- Urban arborization
- Sow your people
- IMPULSE TO THE WOMEN OF THE FIELD
- Mothers of the field
- Impulse plan for agroecology: saving mountains
- Plan Feda In your community
During two days of activities, donations of thousands of seedlings were made, delivery of laying chicks to rural women, training in agroecologydonation of agricultural tools, and launch of community programs in different municipalities.
Start of activities
The day began in Jaquimeyes with a training in agroecology and delivery of tools, while the Bombita launched the program sows your patio.
That same day, in Vicente Noble, the Feda Plan in your communitytogether with arborization and technical training activities in communities such as Black Fund, Arroyo Grande and Palo Alto.
One of the most prominent moments was the launch of the Plan saving mountainsin the Cabral cave, where 30,000 coffee seedlings and 3,000 sour orange were donated, with the purpose of reactivating agricultural production and protecting forest basins.
The route also arrived in Salinas, La Guázara, El Arroyo and Polo, where the programs were developed Mothers of the field and Sow your peoplecombining arborization, female entrepreneurship and environmental education.
Galván stressed that the Larimar route represents an institutional effort of the Feda To bring direct support to rural communities, strengthen family agricultural production and create conditions for a Sustainable development in the southern region.
“With these actions we reaffirm our commitment to support Farmerspromote more green communities and build a more sustainable future for all, ”he said.
The head of Feda He also highlighted the productive vocation of Barahona, which he defined as a province of working people, with a natural wealth and exceptional agricultural.
“We have come to this province ten times because its potential is extraordinary: here the most productive cane is cultivated in the country, the most profitable banana and a commercial tradition that makes it the South Economic Center”He emphasized.
The route concluded at the City of Polo with the Conference “Importance of urban arborization As an impulse to local development ”, within the framework of the Sow your people program.
10th Larimar route is part of the initiatives promoted by the Feda Nationally to strengthen food security, protect the environment and improve the quality of life of Dominican rural families.
