The Ambassador of Italy to El Salvador, Paolo Emanuele Rozo Sordini, the Vice-President of the Republic of El Salvador, Félix Ulloa, and the Presidential designate of Honduras, Doris Gutiérrez, officially inaugurated a modern soil and water testing laboratory at the Innovatec-Sistagro Agricultural Research Centre in Metapán, El Salvador.
The laboratory, reads a note, 'will provide specialised soil and water physico-chemical analysis services, generating fundamental information for the application of good agricultural practices and thus strengthening the technical capacities of some 1,950 farmers in the Trifinio region (a territory shared between El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras)'.
"Thanks to this structure, the agricultural sector of the Trifinio Region takes a significant step towards modernisation. Expected results include strengthening the competitiveness of local producers, the sustainability of crops, and improving the well-being of rural communities,' said Ambassador Rozo Sordini at the inauguration ceremony.
The opening of the laboratory, the note continues, "is one of the important results obtained within the 'Trifinio IN' project, financed by the Italian Government, through the Italian Embassy in San Salvador and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), to the tune of €950,000.
The project is being implemented by the International Organisation Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA), in coordination with Plan Trifinio, a regional body that promotes environmental and land management to improve the living conditions of border communities.
The event was attended by numerous dignitaries, including the Director of the AICS Headquarters in San Salvador, Paolo Gallizioli, the Director of the Salvadoran Agency for International Cooperation (ESCO), Karla de Palma, the Mayor of the Municipality of Santa Ana Norte, Carlos Landaverde, the Executive Secretary of Plan Trifinio, Liseth Hernández, with members of the Trinational Secretariat, the Director of the Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Edgar Palacios, together with some 450 people and 40 organisations from the Region.
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