Friday, Carmel André Béliard, the Minister of Agriculture proceeded to the distribution of 52 tractors designed exclusively for rice farming, to cooperatives of the Valley of Artibonite. These tractors will help planters to continue to increase rice production, such as rice mill distribution https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23346-haiti-agriculture-jovenel-gives-40-rice-mills-to-farmers-of-artibonite.html and other equipment to accelerate the process, to get the country on track for change and sustainable development.

Note that this is the third distribution of tractors under the Moïse government, in the Central Plateau after the 48 distributed in November 2017 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22435-haiti-politics-jovenel-moise-distributes-48-tractors-to-12-cooperatives.html and thirty in May 2017 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20925-haiti-flash-moise-distributes-tractors.html more than 170 tractors help prepare the cultivated area for the next spring campaign.

This initiative confirms the will of the Head of State to revitalize the national production by providing services to farmers, via cooperatives, throughout the national territory and is a continuation of the Government Martelly-Lamothe initiatives https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11106-haiti-agriculture-presentation-of-the-first-batch-of-agricultural-equipment-of-venezuela.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10865-haiti-humanitarian-venezuela-donated-a-lot-of-machinery-and-agricultural-equipment.html

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23346-haiti-agriculture-jovenel-gives-40-rice-mills-to-farmers-of-artibonite.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22435-haiti-politics-jovenel-moise-distributes-48-tractors-to-12-cooperatives.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20925-haiti-flash-moise-distributes-tractors.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11106-haiti-agriculture-presentation-of-the-first-batch-of-agricultural-equipment-of-venezuela.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10865-haiti-humanitarian-venezuela-donated-a-lot-of-machinery-and-agricultural-equipment.html

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