On Friday, March 17, during an event celebrating the seventh anniversary of the founding of the CLAP program held at the Oasis Food Packaging Center, located in the Industrial Zone of Guatire in Miranda state, President Nicolás Maduro announced that Venezuela now produces 95% of the. On Friday, March 17, during an event celebrating the seventh anniversary of the founding of the CLAP program held at the Oasis Food Packaging Center, located in the Industrial Zone of Guatire in Miranda state, President Nicolás Maduro announced that Venezuela now produces 95% of the. Venezuelan corn production for marketing year 2025/2026 is projected to rise to 1. 26 million metric tons (MMT) due to late season planting, despite early losses from severe flooding in Portuguesa, the country's primary corn-producing state. Rice production in this period will reach 464,000 metric. The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, reported that in 2024, the Local Supply and Production Councils (CLAPs) distributed 132 million food boxes, with items containing 140,000 tons of protein, throughout Venezuela. Plantings, which are mainly concentrated in the centralwestern regions of Portuguesa, Guárico and Barinas, are estimated below the five ‑ year average, limited by high. The Statistics Report of Year-wise Food and Agricultural import and export, Production in Venezuela includes charts, maps, and tables. But the CLAP food bags, widely distributed in low-income areas, soon became sullied by corruption, political use and.