Agriculture spent 7 times more on its budget than its procurement plan

The Comptroller General of the Republic of the Dominican Republic conducted two audits of the Ministry of Agriculture, uncovering significant discrepancies in the institution's financial management. The findings indicate that the Ministry executed a budget seven times larger than what was outlined in its official procurement and hiring plans.

The audits highlight a substantial gap between the Ministry's actual budget execution, its annual operating plan, and its public purchasing and contracting schedules. These multimillon-peso differences suggest a lack of alignment between the institution's planned fiscal activities and its actual spending during the period under review.