On Sunday, 5 February 2017, President Danilo Medina promised to help dragon fruit farmers in the community of Baitoa, Santiago in their efforts to increase production and expand the market and exports. The President announced low cost financing so producers could expand their farms to 400 tareas, the land measurement used in the Dominican Republic (1 tarea = 629 square meters). The President predicted that there would be an increase in local demand for the fruit.
The farmers said that the exotic fruit produced in the country is considered the best dragon fruit in the world and that there was an attractive international demand for it.
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7 February 2017
