Minagri estimates that “before the first weeks of August” it will start urea distribution | PERU

During his speech at the XVI Decentralized Council of Ministers that took place in Tacna, the Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Andrés Alencastre, announced that “before the first weeks of August”, the distribution of fertilizer nitrogen (urea) to producers with agricultural units of less than five hectares.

“Regarding urea, (the purchase process) has already been finalized and we are finishing the logistics with all the corresponding registration so that before the first weeks of August, let’s start with the distribution of this fertilizer“, held.

In his presentation, he said that according to the current norm, producers with agricultural units of less than five hectares that use urea will receive nitrogenous fertilizers. “But we not only have urea (in the upper part they don’t use urea) but also guano from the island and organic fertilizers for the farmers,” he pointed out.

As is known, the Executive issued Emergency Decree No. 013-2022, allocating an item of S/ 348 million for the acquisition of urea and thus guarantee food production, which corresponds to the 2022-2023 agricultural campaign. Farmers must be registered in the Register of Agricultural Producers (PPA).

“What we are carrying out is an articulation policy, which is about another way of dealing with fertilization (of crops), which will have to be consistent with the quantity, provision and availability of irrigation water, with a concept of recharge and infrastructure for multiple use water”, he underlined.

He specified that the water, the organization, the retention, and the recharge of the water resource must have the same look, and “communities, provincial and district municipalities, regional governments, will have to participate in a decentralization scheme. In this way, the territorial approach in the basin is concretized with a view of raising and planting and harvesting water, ”he said.

At another point in his speech, Minister Alencastre reported that Midagri’s technical teams will work with their peers from local and regional governments to contribute to the completion and formulation of this project programming.

“I believe that with these actions we will shorten all the procedures and we will be able to prioritize it in the reformulation and organization of our budgets,” he remarked.

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