Tuesday 27 September 2022 | 6:04
Last week the implementation of the Fertilization Program for the Tea Sector began in Campo Viera. Twenty days after the agreement on the guarantee price established by Coproté, with the commitment of the Province to subsidize part of the purchase of fertilizers, the delivery of this input began.
In this first unloading, two trucks of one hundred bags each were delivered. The program will be extended until the delivery of 100 trucks is completed.
The aim of this plan is to improve the productivity of primary tea companies in Misiones and reduce the cost of producing green tea leaves, promoting an increase in income for producers through the financing of fertilization for sustainable production.
“These actions are carried out in support of producers and also of industries, so all this distribution work is done together,” said Luciana Imbrogno, undersecretary for development and production of the plants.
In this way, the delivery of nitrogen fertilizer is carried out by subsidizing part of the cost and the rest financed in installments at zero interest rates. The total contribution of the provincial state amounts to 700 million pesos for tea producers, giving priority to those with less than 10 hectares.
The number of bags to buy from each family varies according to the cultivated area and the yields per hectare of green leaf for each producer, giving priority to those with fewer hectares and greater fertilization needs due to the low yields achieved.
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