According to relevant information, The Minister of Agriculture and Land in Venezuelan declared on Congress lately that production agriculture in Venezuela increased three times in 12 years. The self-sufficiency of rice seed, corn seed, legume seed and sorghum seed has achieved 50%. But in the past, all seeds in Venezuela need to depend on import.
This progress mainly benefits from the Grain Sovereignty Plan which carries out by the government. The country increased the investment to promote the production of agriculture. The output of sunflower seed increased 429% in 12 years only in Portuguesa. It increased from 5611 tons to 85792 tons in the present.