Rains bring hope for farmers of Ambato and Manabi

While last year Jorge Miranda hardly cultivated a 15 quintals, he mentions that the first rains give the signal that in this 2014 the situation will be different, so along with his brothers they are enlisted to clean the hectare of their property located in the Sancan district, 10 minutes of Jipijapa, Manabí.

So far, already he has bought 150 cobs that will provide  him with some 80 pounds of corn, with which he will allocate 3 grains by open pit. He also assured that the quintal of corn was sold between $12 and $15 last year.

According to Benito Lourido, President of the Association Sancan indicated on October 3, that despite the lack of roads in good condition, 42 partners are already beginning to clean the land and, in some cases, already on Monday will begin to plant.

While farmers in the cantons of the North of Manabí, Chone, Flavio Alfaro, Sucre, San Vicente, and Jama, Pedernales Tosagua, were happy with the presence of rain.

Marlon Moreira, livestock farmer of the sector Danda 2, parish Boyaca, said that he hopes to see his land with enough grass in February, to feed their cattle.

Also, Jesús Zambrano Cornejo, of the Pavon site, in the same parish, considers that it is still premature to plant corn, peanut and rice, because the first rains just started and the ground is not wet enough to germinate the seed.

In Quillan Loma, Wilson Moreta, who harvest cilantro, said that the drought caused damage and that winter is the hope to recover.