For the current harvest, which has already been sown in the west, center and currently in the paracentral zone, the amount of H-59 improved seed per agricultural package was increased from 22 to 25 pounds, with which the MAG expects to obtain a higher harvest than last year, which reached 22,700,000 quintals and was a record, according to the statistics of the governing institution of the agricultural policy.

The delivery of approximately 600,000 agricultural packages, which will again be distributed by the Central Government to guarantee the supply of domestic consumption, will also contribute greatly to achieving greater production of this basic grain in the 2023/2024 harvest.

In addition, each package contains a quintal of granulated fertilizer formula 15-15-15 and a liter of foliar fertilizer, both to improve the absorption of nutrients by the plant, in addition to a seed treater that guarantees 100% germination and technical advice on good agricultural practices, in order to improve the yield per apple and the profitability of the crop.

In addition, the Government has five sales rooms at the San Andrés Experimental Station, Ahuachapán, Nueva Concepción, San Vicente and Usulután, where it sells various types of chemical fertilizers at preferential prices, which in most cases are lower than market prices.

Technical assistance is provided by specialists from the Centro Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria y Forestal (CENTA), Instituto Salvadoreño de Transformación Agraria (ISTA) and students from the Escuela Nacional de Agricultura (ENA).

The delivery of the agricultural baskets continues this week in the departments of the paracentral zone and Usulután, and will soon conclude in the other three departments of the eastern zone, which is the last to be planted, because it is where the rainy season is established normally between august and september.

Translated by: A.M