Seek federal agricultural emergency status for drought-hit municipalities

Hernández is seeking action from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare 29 Puerto Rico municipalities agricultural disaster areas because of drought. The stated concern is drought damage to crops and farmland, as well as reduced access to water for agricultural producers.

Context: The source describes an effort to obtain the designation, not an approved declaration.

In their own words

para que 29 municipios de Puerto Rico sean declarados zona de emergencia agrícola ante la sequía

The source

Pablo José Hernández: official policy priorities

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Retrieved: 11/10/2026