On Sunday 27 January, President Danilo Medina met with members of the Association of Producers of Bacon and Sausage de Santana, La Altagracia (Aprotolonsa), to whom he agreed to donate 400 sows and to build the infrastructure to improve production. He said that the government would build them an abattoir, cold storage and a farm for the pigs, which would be donated.
He also agreed that the Administrative Ministry of the Presidency would donate two trucks and equipment for smoking the meat, via the Specialized Fund for Agricultural Development. He also said that the road system would be evaluated by the Ministry of Public Works and houses would be repaired by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Aprotolonsa generates around 1,100 direct and indirect jobs and distributes the processed meat to the provinces of La Altagracia, La Romana, San Pedro de Macorís and the municipality of Santo Domingo West. The producers are located in the community of Santana, in La Altagracia province.
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Presidencia
29 January 2019
