Published Monday, November 9, 2020

The government agreed with Nicaraguan authorities to allow its citizens to enter the country to work in the agricultural harvest.

According to Xinia Chaves, director of the Institute of Coffee, this year they could be needing up to 70,000 people for the months of November, December and January, just for coffee harvesting.

In addition to working in coffee farms, Nicaraguans will also be located in plantations for sugarcane, melon, watermelon, tubers, citrus, palm plantations, among others, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

To allow the entry of Nicaraguans to work, a series of controlled measures will be carried out on workers, such as registration of personal data, transportation, medical attention, and accommodation, the ministry said.

Recently, the government allowed the entry of more than 3,000 indigenous Ngöbes-Buglé to harvest coffee crops.

Since June, the authorities have called on Costa Ricans to work on the collection of coffee and other agricultural products. People interested in working on the crops can register on the website for the Ministry of Agriculture.

According to the ministry, in 2019 the income from the export of coffee was $276 million. And the income made from roots such as yucca was $113 million, and for melon $56.2 million.



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