Panama channel remains an oasis for farmers and livestock breeders

Yalisbith generation generated Panama channel. Despite the distance, both of their activity, partially promoted, thanks to the administrative entity ofSea step.

“The channel has given us” the necessary materials for what is the construction of the Galin Gallery (…), regardless of that, as well as the training. “

The authority of the channel has always been, waiting for us. Rivera, 63, says, referring to the ACP, the independent state entity that runs Interoxanic since the United States delivered it to Panama on December 31, 1999, it was a practical umbrella.

middle Threats From US President Donald Trump, to restore the channel, his managers continue an ambitious investment plan, technical assistance programs and support for hundreds of young rural producers.

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This support aims to ensure the water supply of the channel, which is the primary element for navigation in the 80 -km channel of the channel connected by the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.

Unlike the other artificial channel of the world, Suez Canal, Panama Channel Opera with fresh waterSince the rock floor in the area did not allow the sea level to open it.

Between October 2023 and September 2024, the channel recorded 11240 ships of ships, 5 percent of global maritime trade, and for each crossing, 200 billion liters of fresh water are thrown into the sea.

As my grandmother said, I washed one hand and washed their face. “They need water, and we are the same,” says Rivera.

Strategic allies

Alexandro Figueroa agricultural engineer explains that the goal of technical assistance is guaranteeing.Economic sustainabilityAnd social and environmental “for pelvic producers.

The channel basin has 500 thousand hectares. It has six main rivers, as well as many tables and tables. The water is stored in the Gatún (450 km2) and alhajuela (50 km2).

Inside the pelvis, we worked with more than 1,200 families, as we returned more than 4,500 hectares. ”

“We are also working with farmers in the region, with agricultural systems (…) so that the exploitation of livestock is not harmful to soil resources and water source,” Vigua adds.

In addition, there is a program for Forest careHe explains that “the owner of the farm is paying $ 130 per hectare annually to continue protecting” trees “.

The ACP also supports the Coffee Producers Association from Approach.

The association’s president, Dionysio Deljado, whose organization has a factory with modern coffee compositions that sell to supermarkets, says we are like a strategic ally of the channel.

Yalisbeth Gill says he is in ACP workshops, he learned to work on the ground “properly” and is no longer in a “traditional” way.

“To protect the earth, we taught us Do not use chemicalsDo not use herbal pesticides to clean, “adds a generation, which also produces fruits and vegetables.

“Now for us, it’s a boom, you can say,” says Lidovina Rivera, who has increased his income in his dream of getting a bathroom at home and stopping toilets.

Quantity and quality

Help programs are not new, but they have been obtained more important by reducing rain before The phenomenonIn 2023.

To avoid new crises, ACP decided to merge a new river into the pelvis. The plan is to build a tank and a tunnel of 8 km.

The business will take six years and require a Millionaire InvestmentBut they face the resistance of families to be transported, as their homes will be dumped.

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The canal basin also provides drinking water to 2.5 million in lines, or more than half of the country’s population, but the ACP work has no full approval for environmental scientists.

“You can see the areas inside the pelvis (…) that is destroyed to perpetuate agricultural activity, and the livestock that is not produced at all,” says biologist Guido Berguido, a non -governmental forest leader, who is absolutely not produced.

“This represents a decrease in both quantity and water quality,” he adds.

With AFP information.

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