The farm sector is highlighted as one of the major successes of President Medina’s year-and-a-half-long administration. On Saturday, 1 March a group of former agriculture ministers under the PRD and the PRSC offered their support to President Medina for his work to stimulate the farming sector. The meeting took place in Villa Mella where President Medina said that during the surprise visits he sees for himself the needs for financing small businesses. He added that the funds were channeled by the Fund for Agriculture Development (FEDA) to the Agriculture Bank that lends them to the small businesses. The group, which handed the President a plaque of recognition, included former President Hipolito Mejia, Carlos Aquino Gonzalez, former director of the IICA for Latin America, Pedro Breton, Amilcar Romero, Tito Hernandez, Eligio Jaquez, Fernando Alvarez Bogaert, Luis Toral, Carlos Segura and Maximo Acosta, who was the host in Villa Mella. Others present included Juan Gomez Pena, Juan Sanchez Pimentel, Rafael Merejo, Sandino de Jesus, Sigfredo Frias, Manuel Amezquita, Homero Gonzalez, Ligio Taveras Miolan, Elbio Carrasco and Nicolas Concepcion.
Press reports point out that Chio Jimenez and Frank Rodriguez, agriculture ministers during the past Fernandez administration, did not attend.
President Medina was accompanied by Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta, FEDA executive director Antonio Lopez, and Angel Estevez, administrator of the Banco Agricola.
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