Agriculture/Food Production Grant

Cooperativa de Ahorro, Crdito y Servicios Mltiples Amor y Paz, (COOPSERMORPAZ) will help its plantain farmers improve yields by planting the hybrid FIAH 20 variety resistant to the sigatoka negra blight prevalent in the area and will offer them training in better agricultural practices, access to a working capital fund and the opportunity to obtain better prices by pooling their harvests to market in volume.

The activities, which complement the distribution of the hybrid seeds by the Dominican Ministry of Agriculture, will directly benefit 75 members of the cooperative and their families and will reach another 1,500 residents of Los Toros, Azua.