The Rural Development Agency He gave accounts this December 22 for all the work done during 2022. EL PILÓN spoke with Carlos César Silva, director of the Territorial Technical Unit No. 1 of the ADR. By order of the previous national government, the Rural Development Agency It had a budget of $260 billion pesos. During the mandate of President Gustavo Petro, the entity’s budget during 2023 was $694 billion pesos and for the 2024 will be 1 trillion pesos.
“From the 2023 budget, in the departments of Magdalena, Cesar and La Guajirawhich is where the Territorial Technical Unit No. 1 has jurisdiction, around 48 billion pesos are being executed in rehabilitation of irrigation districts, machinery, agricultural extension, marketing and family rations to prepare,” he said. Carlos César Silva.
One of the key points is the Agricultural Extension Service, which consists of training agricultural producers to incorporate practices, technologies and knowledge that benefit their performance and improve their competitiveness.
“In Magdalena, the service is being provided to 5,030 users with an investment of $4,425 million pesos; in Cesar to 4,917 users with an investment of $4,056 million pesos and in La Guajira to 5,493 users with an investment $4,832 million pesos“added the territorial official.
To fight hunger in Alta Guajira, Carlos César Silva explained that they carried out 4 days to deliver 10,720 family rations to prepare. Those markets were purchased from local farmers. “In this, 8,985 million pesos were invested in 54 Wayúu communities”, he recounted.
In terms of production, with the Wayúu community, 2 sheep-goat projects are being structured with transitional crops, which would benefit 705 people. Landing at Cesar, in Codazzia cocoa project is being structured that has a value of $2,249 million pesos and benefits 152 people.
