President Danilo Medina was in Samana on Sunday, 28 June 2015, where he offered government financing to ginger and rabbit farmers. In Los Puentes, he approved financing so that the ginger farmers members of the Asociacion de Campesinos de Samana (Asocasam) could plant yautia (taro, malanga) as a transition crop. He also approved financing for rabbit producers who are members of the Asociacion de Cunicultores del Nordeste (ASOCUNOR) to purchase 1,000 female hares and 100 male rabbits. Funding is at a monthly interest rate of 0.41%.
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