Seeds Project

Observations

The official Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock source reports a USD 14,000,000 budget and states that input delivery began on July 1, 2022. The project targets more than 20,000 small and medium-sized producers of bananas, rice, maize, potatoes, coffee, pastures, cocoa, plantains, beans, peppers, tree tomatoes, avocados and other fruits. Public support may cover up to 70% of the cost of certified seeds, pest and disease control inputs, fertilizers and urea. Beneficiaries make a co-payment of between 30% and 50% of the commercial value. The source does not provide an aggregate monetary value for those co-payments, so no quantified counterpart amount is recorded.