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06-05-2007, 03:30 PM
Last week's continued rains caused large financial damages to the agricultural sector in the Cibao region. Reports indicate that 115,000 tareas (a tarea= 628 square meters) of land have been affected by the rains, according to Agriculture Minister Salvador Jimenez. Jimenez says that the damage to plantain, banana and rice crops exceeded RD$400 million. Jimenez, however, assures the public that this would not lead to price rises for these products because production for this year is above average. Jimenez says that of the RD$1 billion designated by President Leonel Fernandez for aid, RD$450 million will be directed towards farming.
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