On Sunday, 3 September 2017, President Danilo Medina promised to help farmers and fishermen from Palmar de Ocoa, a vacation and fishing enclave and town.
The government will provide assistance for farms on 2,000 tareas (1 tarea = 629 square meters) to produce plantains, bananas, onions, casava, garlic and eggplant. The governmental Dominican Agrarian Institute will provide a truck and a tractor to the farmers.
The fisherman asked for boats and a photocopy center, but the President said they needed to develop a more formal plan prior to receiving government assistance.
On Wednesday, 5 September a truck and a tractor will arrive, donated by the Dominican Agrarian Institute.
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El Nacional
5 September 2017
