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01-22-2007, 03:40 PM
Major farm items showed a marked increase in production during 2006, according the latest information published by the Ministry of Agriculture. Marked by a near seven-point jump in its contribution to the national GDP, going from 7.3% to 14%, the farming sector was assisted by financing from both public and private sources. Some of the items most in demand, such as garlic, avocado and plantains saw increases of between 46% and 183%, the latter in the case of garlic. Banana exports to the European Community grew by ten thousand tons for the period. Poultry and pork yields increased by 12% and 52% each, while rice grew moderately, helped by the new process of "crop mortgages" that started last year.
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