Javier Rivera-Aquino, who until late last year headed the Agriculture Department has been appointed executive director of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company’s Puerto Rican Industry Investment Board, through which he will advocate for greater participation of local companies in government procurement activities, administration officials said Monday.
The Agriculture Department launched Tuesday a $1 million institutional multimedia advertising campaign that aims to lift the consumption of local products from its current 20 percent level by inviting consumers to “buy local.”
Agriculture Secretary Javier Rivera-Aquino has set off an agressive strategic plan to convince private banks, which for years have shied away from the volatile sector, to invest in farming activity and new projects.
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