Dominican Republic only produces 10% of garlic required
The JAD: 100,000 quintals will be imported to stabilize the market
SANTO DOMINGO. The lack of incentives has led to the drop in garlic production in the Dominican Republic, where the country has achieved a ceiling of 22,000 tasks, last year only 1,500 tasks were sown.
This was expressed yesterday by Osmar Benítez, executive president of the Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD), who explained that in the country are consumed between 180,000 and 200,000 quintals of garlic a year and only produced 18,000 quintals, or only 10% which means that 90% of the demand was not met. He states that the authorities ordered an import of 100,000 quintals that were placed in public auction and is already entering the local market to stabilize the price. Benitez spoke prior to the launch of the "FIT FOR MARKET" program.
"Now it is going to plant more than 5,000 tasks and write it that next year we will reach the 8,000 tasks and will plant more garlic because it is a noble product that has a favorable impact on Constanza's economy," said Osmar Benítez, president executive of the Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD).
He said that garlic is a complicated business, "many people who handle the market issue and where there are few offers from producers."
The representative of the JAD attributed the drop in garlic production in the country to the lack of incentive.
"If I have no incentive to produce, what am I going to produce; is a rational attitude. Garlic is the crop that maintains the other vegetable products of the region of Constanza. Garlic stabilizes cabbage, carrot, lettuce, beets and other products, "he said.
Ensures that to correct the problem in the garlic sector: "first there is a subsidiary role that the state must play. Assisting producers in land preparation; secondly, that the state can facilitate the bringing of certified seeds of the first quality to plant garlic in Constanza and support by financing the purchase of seeds; thirdly, provide facilities for garlic producers to purchase pressurized irrigation systems to lower the cost of production; Fourth, we must try to support the garlic producers to avoid that there is no imported garlic when the Dominican harvest is in the market, "
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The JAD: 100,000 quintals will be imported to stabilize the market
SANTO DOMINGO. The lack of incentives has led to the drop in garlic production in the Dominican Republic, where the country has achieved a ceiling of 22,000 tasks, last year only 1,500 tasks were sown.
This was expressed yesterday by Osmar Benítez, executive president of the Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD), who explained that in the country are consumed between 180,000 and 200,000 quintals of garlic a year and only produced 18,000 quintals, or only 10% which means that 90% of the demand was not met. He states that the authorities ordered an import of 100,000 quintals that were placed in public auction and is already entering the local market to stabilize the price. Benitez spoke prior to the launch of the "FIT FOR MARKET" program.
"Now it is going to plant more than 5,000 tasks and write it that next year we will reach the 8,000 tasks and will plant more garlic because it is a noble product that has a favorable impact on Constanza's economy," said Osmar Benítez, president executive of the Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD).
He said that garlic is a complicated business, "many people who handle the market issue and where there are few offers from producers."
The representative of the JAD attributed the drop in garlic production in the country to the lack of incentive.
"If I have no incentive to produce, what am I going to produce; is a rational attitude. Garlic is the crop that maintains the other vegetable products of the region of Constanza. Garlic stabilizes cabbage, carrot, lettuce, beets and other products, "he said.
Ensures that to correct the problem in the garlic sector: "first there is a subsidiary role that the state must play. Assisting producers in land preparation; secondly, that the state can facilitate the bringing of certified seeds of the first quality to plant garlic in Constanza and support by financing the purchase of seeds; thirdly, provide facilities for garlic producers to purchase pressurized irrigation systems to lower the cost of production; Fourth, we must try to support the garlic producers to avoid that there is no imported garlic when the Dominican harvest is in the market, "
computer translated from:
https://www.diariolibre.com/economi...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer