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01-30-2008, 01:50 PM
Faced with increasing losses due to the Haitian ban on Dominican poultry products, local farmers are lowering their production guidelines for the coming month. According to Hoy newspaper, the Association of Poultry Producers of the North (Asopollon), local producers will restrict their output to supply just the local markets. The Minister of Agriculture, Salvador Jimenez, announced the purchase of a million frozen chickens and the surplus eggs. These products will be sold at government subsidized markets around the country. Jimenez added that he hoped that diplomatic conversations with the Preval government in Haiti as well as with the Venezuelan and Cuban governments would lead to favorable results. According to some estimates, Dominican poultry farmers have lost as much as US$1.5 million since the 7 January ban was announced.
Father Regino Martinez, director of the Servicio Jesuita a Refugiados y Migrantes in the border city of Dajabon, attributed the Haitian ban to commercial interests of Haitian politicians. He said that groups of Haitian merchants seek to control their domestic markets.
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Father Regino Martinez, director of the Servicio Jesuita a Refugiados y Migrantes in the border city of Dajabon, attributed the Haitian ban to commercial interests of Haitian politicians. He said that groups of Haitian merchants seek to control their domestic markets.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)