Until this Tuesday, the rains have affected 133,898 hectares of crops, 136 municipalities, 4,005 communities, 212,226 producers and 678,985 head of cattle in the nine departments of the country. The report corresponds to the Ministry of Rural Development and Lands.
The head of that portfolio, Yamil Flores, indicated that these numbers mean an affectation of a 3.5% to food production in the country, especially in the departments of Beni, Santa Cruz and Oruro And, despite this, food security for all the inhabitants of the country is guaranteed.
“We are not going to have food shortages such as Some bad politicians and other candidates are expressing him. Us We are guaranteeing production. We are already in 47% of what is the harvest at the moment. More than 40 technicians have been mobilized in the field, for days ago, to have exact data on the affectation of crops and also production and harvest, ”Flores said at a press conference.
In turn, he indicated that within two weeks there will be the “exact data” through satellite measurements.
Flores clarified that There is no percentage of deceased cattle and that the government will transfer resources to the municipalities so that they can “meet quickly” in the needs of the farmers who have lost part of their herd. “We are talking about food, mineral salts, reconstituted that allow saving the lives of the cattle that have been affected. So these effects do not affect the meat supply, ”he added.
However, the Beni farmers federation (Fegabeni) reported the weekend than more than 5,000 head of cattle have died, mainly due to exhaustion and lack of food. The sector faces losses that exceed 34 million dollars due to floods caused by heavy rains since the beginning of the year.
