Minister Walker highlights importance of the rains: "We needed to break these 10-15 years of drought"

The Secretary of State pointed out that the country has a rain surplus compared to the previous year, but there is still a rain deficit compared to normal years, so it is essential to continue working to improve the efficiency of water use through innovation. and technification of irrigation.

"We needed to break these 10-15 years of drought. This front breaks the trend of low rainfall ”. With these words, the Minister of Agriculture, Antonio Walker, referred to the intense rainfall that occurred in the central part of the country.

Currently in much of the country's communes it has already rained more than in the entire previous year. In this sense, the head of agriculture, Antonio Walker, valued the rains of recent days, however, clarified that the drought has not yet ended, so it is essential to continue working to improve the efficiency of water use through innovation. and technification of irrigation.

"The truth is that we cannot claim victory, we are with a rain surplus compared to the previous year, but we are with a rain deficit compared to normal years. We have to continue working, but we cannot lower our arms, the National Irrigation Commission is working to technify irrigation in Chilean agriculture. We have to be efficient in the use of available water and therefore telemetry, canal lining and this type of irrigation works that help us better distribute the water we have, "said Minister Walker.

Likewise, the authority pointed out that this aid allows generating a significant volume of water in the basins, which has allowed rivers to drain again and water to reach the underground layers and reservoirs, which generates a slight relief for the irrigators. "We hope that the months of July, August will also have rainfall, hopefully a little higher than normal to recover the aquifers, to recover the underground layers and to recover the water reserves that we have in Chile," said the head of the portfolio. Agriculture.

According to what was reported by ONEMI and by the Seremis of Agriculture, although river floods are registered, at the moment the agricultural infrastructure is without news. Minister Walker took advantage of “solidarity with the many victims who have been affected by this bad weather front. Courage and strength for many people who have suffered. "

Finally, the Secretary of State stated that "we hope that the months of July, August will also have rainfall, hopefully a little higher than normal to recover the aquifers, to recover the underground layers and to recover the water reserves that we have in Chile (…) Hopefully have a normal winter because agriculture really needs it. We have had 15 very complicated years from the water point of view and what does agriculture do? It transforms water into food and to ensure this year's harvest I hope I have a normal winter in terms of rainfall. ”

Source
minagri.gob.cl

Previous article

next article

ARTÍCULOS RELACIONADOS

Austral Cherry: Good Campaign for the Pretty Girl of Fruit Growing
The impact and supply of new genetics will be the main topic at the meeting...
Novel system to evaluate the impact of relative humidity on the pe...