The cupboard of the country is hit. The late rains last year and they came back to strike out this last week have affected about 400 hectares farm in the south of Lake Maracaibo, which represents 30% of the total area of \u200b\u200bthat region that is located in 1.3 million hectares. So informed
PANORAMA, the regional director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Juan Pablo Barrios, who also noted that "some 3,700 farmers have been affected by floods in the South Lake, since late last year."
"Across the state have affected about 600 000 hectares each, and about 5,200 farmers who cultivated both bananas, as orchards and livestock.
The agricultural situation in the south of Lake worries that this region contributes 60% of the milk produced in the country, controls 80% of the national palm and caters for 70% of the banana market.
According to the coordinator of the MAT in the region surlaguense, Guido Noriega, the situation in the agricultural zone does not seem as serious as it was late last year.
"The involvement of the rains of last week has damaged areas less than last time, but its effect on where it fell was more, the trend is to decrease. For example, the parish Urribarrí, of Columbus, who was not much rain last year, now it was damaged. "
Noriega said that in the Colon are affected about 8 thousand hectares of bananas, and Francisco Javier Pulgar about ten thousand.
Noriega noted that the problem originated "Because they broke some walls and the Escalante is threatening to boil over."
regard, Nelson Osorio, Corrientú smallholder sector, parish Urribarri corroborates Noriega. "The rains in November-December were stronger than now. I lost 8 hectares planted with bananas, peppers, corn and cassava, which became a flood with rain this month. I hope that through the Mission AgroVenezuela help me to restart my seed. "
Bs losses on such acreage, the owner of MAT in the state did not dare calculate any amount, "it is difficult to quantify the damage, when the priority right now is to safeguard human lives. However, we have counted all the people affected and the Government will respond with financing."
So far, the Government has approved a total of 550 million Bolivars to the rescue of South Lake, not to mention the resources that will fall through the Mission AgroVenezuela, estimated to be over 4 billion Bs.
previous estimates CONFAGAN-Zulia, losses in the region amount to 2.4 billion Bolivars. Only banana the amount will stand at 120 million Bolivars, while maintaining the 42 thousand hectares of palm cost about Bs 252 million, at a rate of 8 million per hectare. In the case of milk, the loss would reach 150 million Bolivars.
SOURCE: http://www.entornointeligente.com/
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