1.200 hectares of rice were lost and 5.000 sugar cane hectares were damaged in the province of Guanacaste.
According to a preliminary report, more damage was registered in that region: “2.000 hectares of corn, 122 hectares of watermelon, and minor areas of chili, tomatoes, beans and papaya. Total losses sum $6 million in said region alone”.
Source: Nacion.com
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September 2009
The lack of rain is affecting farmers, causing the loss of 1.500 rice hectares, and threatening an additional 3.500.
The most affected areas are the province of Guanacaste and the Central Pacific. In the case of the latter, 6.000 planted hectares could output an under-performing harvest.
November 2011
The Ministry of Agriculture will provide $11 million to compensate for losses caused by the excessive rains.
Hugo Flores, deputy minister, explained that the money will go towards replanting, renovating at-risk areas, and supporting the aquaculture sector, among other schemes.
September 2010
The Ministry of Agriculture forecasts $3.2 million worth of losses, mainly in crops of white corn.
The heavy rains that have been falling since 28 August have flattened 4,852 hectares of corn, which represents a loss of $2.6 million.
The Minister for Agriculture, Juan Alfonso De León, explained that while around 300,000 hundred weight of grain will no longer enter the market due to the rain, production is still expected to exceed 29 million sacks in the current harvest, according to Prensalibre.com. "We do not expect to have to resort to an import contingency plan," he said.
September 2009
Lack of rain could mean an output reduction of 7% for this season, when compared to the previous.
If said scenario came true, the country's total sugar cane production for this year would be 11.070.000 quintals, said Manuel Sevilla, Agriculture Minister.
He added: "This reduction could disappear if the level of rains remains the same up to October 15th, because sugar cane would have a chance of growing up to its normal level, and humidity inside the cane could recover", reported local newspaper La Prensa Gráfica.
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