Agricultural sector prepares for the arrival of El Niño phenomenon

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The arrival of El Niño involves a significant drag back of new sediment deposits that could clog pumps of several irrigation boards. Sediment is also a problem for Guayaquil, as this has formed a kind of dam close to the confluence are of the Daule and Babahoyo rivers.

Therefore, since last Saturday, contracted machinery by the Ministry of Agriculture (Magap) and the Municipality of Daule, began to remove the material in the boards of America Lomas, Mate and Higueron, that take water from the Daule river, and until the winter arrives the rice fields of small producers must be watered.

Source: http://expreso.ec/expreso/plantillas/nota.aspx?idart=8340879&idcat=38229&tipo=2