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As a result of efficient management in favor of the national agricultural sector, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation announced today that the Government of Canada was awarded the execution of the third stage of the Chavimochic irrigation project in the La Libertad region, under the Government-to-Government (G2G) modality.
The Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Jennifer Contreras, reported that today at noon the envelopes for the award of the Chavimochic III project were opened and the Government of Canada was the one that obtained the good pro. In this way, MIDAGRI fulfilled the commitments made to the sector, demonstrating that the government of President Dina Boluarte is a government of deeds and not words. The implementation of the project will allow an investment of US$ 750 million and will benefit all families in the north of the country.
In addition, it was reported that the works of the project will have a high architecture and engineering component; which will allow us to have more than 40,000 hectares of crops and generate thousands of jobs "for the La Libertad region and the other regions in the north of our country," he said.
Management with results
The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI) had already announced at the end of last year that it was in the process of evaluating the technical proposals submitted by the Governments of Canada and the Netherlands, in order to carry out the works of Chavimochic III.
MIDAGRI estimates that, in April 2024, the G2G contract will be signed with the winning country, with which it is presumed that the work on the Palo Redondo dam and the third pipeline of the Virú Siphon, main components of the Chavimochic III project, will have the maximum deadline for completion of works in March 2027, and the end of the contract in June 2027.
The unlocking of Chavimochic III will not only promote the creation of productive jobs in agriculture, but will also boost the increase of Peruvian agro-exports and the access of more products to the main international markets, with agriculture being the second provider of foreign currency behind mining activity.
Likewise, the objective of the project is to supply drinking water to the population of Trujillo, as well as to meet the demands of irrigation water resources to serve thousands of hectares of the Chao, Virú, Moche and Chicama valleys, using the water potential of the Santa River.
Peru is one of the top ten food suppliers in the world, with annual food sales to foreign markets of between US$ 9,000 and US$ 10,000 million, highlighting our country as the world's leading producer of grapes and blueberries, among others.
