Government delivers 700 tons of fertilizer to farmers in communities in Andahuaylas province

President of the Republic Pedro Castillo delivered more than 700 tons fertilizer provide a total of 760 agricultural families from various localities in the Santa Maria de Chikmo area in the province of Andahuaylas (Apurimac area).

These fertilizers have a social value subsidized by the state, and among them 197 tons of guano from the islands, 480 tons of organic chicken manure and 30 other fertilizers consisting of sodium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate and magnesium nitrate, which will pay hundreds of hectares of farmers in these areas.

In a statement from the executive branch, the amount of investment is about 400,000 soles, and thus, he assured, “it contributes to strengthening the food security of the country.” “The goal is to improve production systems and restore the competitiveness of agriculture in the region,” he said.

In front of hundreds of residents gathered at the stadium of the Mariano Melgar Valdivieso school in the community of Moyabamba Baja, province of Andahuaylas, the president Peter’s castle urged the Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Alexandre Alencastre fertilizer distributed among all farmers without any discrimination.

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The head of state recalled that he had declared a state of emergency in agriculture in order to guarantee the food security of Peru.

“We have declared agriculture an emergency, so we are going to make every effort to ensure food security. If we have to go into debt to give bread to our children, we must go into debt, but not pocket, but give farms to men and women,” he said.

Following the event, the government handed over three threshers to improve productivity to farmers from the San Juan Rebelde de Guayana Agricultural and Livestock Association, the Los Jijos de Sucarailha Agricultural Producers Association, and the Los Ccantus Agricultural Association.