With this document, minegriculture seeks to protect the production chain and guarantee the country’s food security.
Photo: Minister of Agriculture, Martha Carvajalino.
The Minister of Agriculture, Martha Carvajalino, confirmed that The national government is close to reaching an agreement with rice producersafter the days of dialogue held in the middle of the unemployment of the sector.
This Thursday, the portfolio will file before The Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (sic) the proposal for resolution that seeks to regulate the price of Paddy Verde rice, in order to protect the production chain and guarantee the country’s food security.
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“Being 9:30 on the night of July 23, I can announce to the country that, after three arduous work days, an intense year to build a bet that saves the rice chain, we are close to an agreement. We hope tomorrow to present to the SIC the proposal of the Paddy Verde Paddy Price Regulation Regime, so that within the framework of their powers you can promote this resolution and have effective price control, ”said the minister.
Carvajalino stressed that The national government is also evaluating complementary measures of foreign trade, aimed at protecting national production and avoiding market destabilization due to imported rice.
Thus, the minister said that “today we can tell the country that we are making decisions. We hope that tomorrow the riceros can return to normal and carry the rice that are harvesting the millsdemonstrating that it is possible to build solid and competitive agreements, ”concluded Minister Carvajalino.
Rice Petitions
Producers have maintained as a central point of their demands The definition of a fair price for the green paddy rice, as well as the guarantee that the mills buy all national production, especially the one from the eastern plains.
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Also They have requested greater intervention against imports, incentives to reduce production costs and the strengthening of financing mechanisms for the sector.
The guild has warned that it will only raise unemployment when there is a specific government commitment To guarantee the economic stability of farmers and effective market regulation, preventing prices from continuing to fall below harvest costs.
Source: Integrated information system
