Oved Contreras / Diario de Xalapa
Veracruz View - Despite the wealth of natural resources like fresh water is the entity, the delegate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) Carlos Alberto Hernández Sánchez, said that only 100 thousand hectares of irrigation in Veracruz.
commented that the Bank has enormous potential for agricultural production, but the rural sector faces the problem of lack of infrastructure, and is aggravated because the National Water Commission is not permitted to use water from some rivers "forbidden" for agricultural use.
As an option, said farmers can rely on well drilling where the government provides support for the work and equipment, but farmers and producers must provide a dollar for every dollar put the authorities.
Hernández Sánchez said that it has in Veracruz 40 000 million hectares, and only 100 000 are irrigated and the rest depend on the temporal, which means it is minimize the number of surface irrigation .
SOURCE: http://www.oem.com.mx/
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