After two weeks in the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Javier Arce presented his “irrevocable” letter of resignation this Sunday, January 6. Augusto Alvarez Rodrich noted that the output of the replacement oscar zea occurs at a critical moment in the face of the possibility of a food crisis that not only threatens the Peru; but to everyone.
In his turn, the former head of the Midagri Milton von Hesse assured that the impact of food crisis It will vary according to how each State deals with this threat.
“Peru is one of the countries that is being affected by inflation and, furthermore, unfortunately there has been no public policy to counteract the effects of this international crisis. I get the feeling that for the Government this crisis either has no solution or it will solve itself because there have been no significant measures, ”he detailed.
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According to his point of view, the Government of peter castle has had a “contempt” for the agricultural sector by putting poorly trained people in charge of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri).
He added that the Executive had to recover pre-pandemic poverty levels. In 2020, it increased 10 percentage points and only five have recovered.
Likewise, he argued that the poorest families in Peru spend at least 50% of their income only on food, so the increase in the cost of basic supplies means that the food rations are much smaller and of lower quality.
“The most serious thing is the inaction of the Government, the inaction of public policy to apply measures that are logical and that are not difficult (…) The few things that have been done either go wrong or are not done,” he said.
AAA stressed that, in just 10 months, Castle Lumps you will have to name the fifth holder of the Midagri after the resignation of Javier Arce. von Hesse He pointed out that “the great person responsible for all this is President Castillo.”
According to his analysis, none of the representatives of this portfolio have had professional academic training, or knowledge of this sector, or experience in the public sector and, finally, have been involved in court cases.
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Given the inevitable scenario, the former official indicated that the Government could apply various measures. One of them would be to prevent the rise and shortage of fertilizers from being great. For this, the private sector would have to be summoned and commercial diplomacy channels established with friendly countries.
