Constanza farmers blame Chio
Farmers in Constanza are publicly blaming Agriculture Minister Salvador Jimenez (Chio), saying he is responsible for their multi-million-peso losses. “The lack of planning that has prevailed in your administration has caused enormous and irreparable damage to the economy of the Valley of Constanza and the country,” they state in a paid advertisement in Listin Diario. They state: “Remember that after the Noel and Olga storms at the end of 2007, in one of your rare visits to this hard-working valley, you encouraged us to plant garlic, potatoes and onions on the grounds that the crops had suffered major damage nationwide and there would be shortages. This was not true. The Ministry of Agriculture distributed seeds for the planting of onions all around the country and we the farmers planted the crops, they explained.
To the dismay of 3,000 producers in the valley, all they have now is a [...]
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