The presidential candidate for Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Margarita Cedenowarned that there is a serious threat of the emergence of a famine and an unusual increase in poverty in the country.
In this sense, the former vice president of the Republic suggested to the current government administration to have, as a matter of urgency, a series of preventive measures in this regard.
He cited the need to resume and strengthen the agricultural policy of the governments of the PLD led by him former president Danilo Medinamore investment in the fields, credit facilities and technical advice and the return of the means of production that were taken from many producers in different parts of the national geography.
He considered it urgent to facilitate accessible credits for agri-food activities, the activation of local markets and ensure a stable supply of national production; as well as increased support for the acquisition of seeds, machinery and financing.
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He said that it is imposed expand coverage and quantity of distribution of basic foods, prioritizing the purchase of local production from small producers.
“The governments of PLD they had a whole network of cross-cutting public policies that formed a successful comprehensive strategy for reducing poverty, dignifying the Dominican countryside and improving rural life; a strategy recognized by the FAO and by governments of the region that wanted to take as an example the programs of the Visits Surprise, final qualification, credit at low rates, school meals and support for exports”, he said. Daisy flower.
In addition, Margarita revealed that recent analyzes by international organizations expose the Dominican Republic as the second most undernourished country in the region, only surpassed by Haiti.
The government of Mr. Abinader Corona must also, addedshow evidence of political will to strengthen an economic sector that was capable of producing more than 85% of the food that reached the tables of all Dominicans.
Support in SDE
Cedeño issued these considerations during conversations he held about the difficult situation that the majority of the Dominican people are going through, with political and community leaders from the Santo Domingo Este municipality, the demarcation, the most populated area of the country, received wide support in the places that included activities for two days, programmed in different communities.
