The vandal protests are hitting many economic sectors, but, in addition, one of the consequences that it can bring is a food crisis, warned representatives of the Association of Agricultural Producers Guilds of Peru (AGAP), the Association of Majes Dairy Farmers (AGAL Majes), the Peruvian Association of Pig Farmers and the Peruvian Poultry Association (APA).
In a press conference, they assured that not only the supply and transfer of what they produce has been complicated, but also access to some inputs -as a consequence of the road blockade-, one of which is soybeans that come from Bolivia.
The most affected, they said, are the people with fewer resources. The director of the APA, Pedro José de Zavala, explained that today Peruvians “are spending S/1 more than they should per day on eggs.”
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Another food that has also increased its price, for example, is the potato, which wholesale and in kind huayro has risen around S/1 compared to what it cost a year ago. For its part, the kilo of wholesale chicken, compared to what it was worth 12 months ago, registers an increase of almost S/2.
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The AGAL Majes assured that its associates lose S/1.5 million per day because “by not being able to feed our cows, we cannot recover our production.”
The representatives of the unions asked the Executive to take action, and the Legislative to set a date for the elections.
