Minister Walker travels to the Coquimbo region to decree agricultural emergency zone due to the water crisis affecting the area

As a result of the seriousness of the water shortage, crianzaros, mayors and parliamentarians have requested the Government to carry out actions focused on mitigating its effects at the productive level, mainly at the livestock level.

This is how on Monday 22 of July INDAP region of Coquimbo conducted a Regional Committee of Agricultural Emergency to analyze the situation and see what measures to take, based on data collected in the field.

According to this information collected, further analysis and territorial deployment was determined to request the Mayor of the Region of Coquimbo, to raise the need to establish an agricultural emergency zone to the Minister of Agriculture, Antonio Walker.

In response to this request, the Minister of Agriculture, once having the information that was collected throughout the region, decided to declare Agricultural Emergency Zone and through the Institute of Agricultural Development, will make direct delivery of food (soybean meal and grain oats ) to feed goat cattle, which translates into an injection of energy and protein, to improve the body condition of animals that has been severely affected by the lack of forage in the dryland meadow.

In total, about 4.680 users accredited by INDAP in the Coquimbo region are benefiting, with an estimated contribution of approximately $ 100.000 for each one, which would be an estimated total of $ 400.000.000 destined to deal with this emergency.

The first delivery will be made in the commune of La Higuera, in the front of the municipality, giving the aid to the water shortage that affects the dry land. This time this contribution will be delivered to 100 users of the commune, which consists of 10 bags per person.

After this, the Agricultural Development Institute will continue with this delivery process in the remaining 14 communes of the Coquimbo Region.

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