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 identified multi-million peso differences between the actual budget execution, the annual operating plan, and the established public purchasing and contracting schedules. These revelations highlight a substantial misalignment between the Ministry's planned financial commitments and its actual spending activities during the period under review.