Monday, 16 January 2023 23:11

MAG announces the upcoming operation of seven salvadoran dairy processing plants

Written by Evelyn Alas

The interim head of the Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), Óscar Guardado, announced that they will soon present all the details of the actions to be executed, at the same time they will begin with the construction of infrastructure.

"We are going to take this dairy sector where it deserves, with technical assistance, accompaniment and timely resources", said minister Guardado.

The government held dozens of meetings with livestock cooperatives to present the initiatives of the plan and to know the opinion of the producers.  Now, it is time to put these initiatives into practice.

"In less than three months, seven dairy plants will start working on a national scale that will produce fluid milk, quesillo, gourmet cheeses and other derivatives", said Óscar Domínguez, vice minister of MAG.

The official saidd that they are infrastructures of modern technology and remarkable capacity, with pasteurizers that process 3,000 liters per hour and homogenizers with capacity to treat 150,000 liters throughout the country.

In addition, a marketing strategy will be launched to guarantee the purchase of dairy products, "where we will benefit 25,000 producers," added the vice minister.  The efforts complement the plans for genetic improvement, nutritional improvement and vaccination of hatos.

The representative of the El Nilo Dos cooperative, Alonso Márquez, thanked for this support and highlighted the effectiveness they have had in just one week.

 

Translated by: A.M