They will procure inputs to help farmers in drought

Director of animal husbandry Ministry of Agricultural Development, Avelino Ureñathis Tuesday they explained that they will take action to provide small producers with the necessary inputs, if there is no rain.

According to official words, the Committee against Drought, Livelihood and Agricultural Sector will procure fodder, mineralized salt, powdered and liquid molasses, as well as concentrated fodder for animal nutrition.

As for the balls, Ureña commented that despite the fact that they reduce supply, They will take steps in areas where production was high to buy and distribute them.

“Sustainable support will last for 10 days and the amount is 4.5 million dollars,” Ureña told Telemetro.

Of the 42,000 livestock producers, support will be directed to small livestock farmers, as they have the least resources and supplies.

“It is a very important segment of the cattle population. We hope to serve 250,000 head of cattle. The livestock unit is a 400-kilogram cattle,” he added.

Despite the rain that has been falling for the last few hours, Ureña pointed out will continue with the plan because these precipitations will be sporadic and will not immediately put an end to the problem.

“We collect data on where the stocks are sold and as long as they give us an order to continue, we will buy them,” he emphasized.

For his part, producer Nelson Cedeño emphasized that the situation is in goal Dry Panama is very serious and even a few cattle died due to the drought.

He pointed out that there are isolated cases of producers who have food but no water. Besides, those government actions would be palliative because the damage has been done.