From the city of Mercedes in Corrientes, the minister announced that he is working on an “immediate contingency plan for livestock and a medium-term plan for the rest of the chains; a medium-long five-year plan for productive recovery, with INTA and Senasa and in coordination with the Minister of Production of the province of Corrientes”. He indicated that the livestock in this province has 4.6 million heads and represents “more than 10% of the total livestock and 20% of the wombs.”
“We had a work program that had to be modified. Of the 300,000 hectares burned -which were three weeks ago- today we are close to 800,000, more than 12% of the province, especially affecting the livestock area,” Domínguez told El Destape Radio. He pointed out that the situation of the provincial livestock that includes 27,000 producers, of which 80% are SMEs, “complicates more than the 1.5 million heads that were already missing in Argentina.”
“The fields will not be able to feed the animals for the next two productive campaigns“, considered Domínguez, who added that in such cases it is when “forced sales of animals are decided because they have nowhere to be, with all the alteration of the productive cycle.”
For this reason, the immediate objective is “to find a solution for the global displacement of livestock farming” and “to accompany the producer so that he continues to be one”. The national government, in coordination with provincial authorities, plans “a series of measures to respond to the emergency caused by the advance of the fire in the province, by sending brigade members, heavy machinery, helicopters and hydrant planes.”
At the local level, the shortage of supply can impact fully in the supply in the Hacienda Market, which could further raise the prices of meat in gondola in addition to a considerable drop in the exportable supply.
The measures being analyzed by the Government, official sources told Télam, also contemplate an expansion of the emergency by disaster zone, financial aid and special lines of credit for producers. It was also reported that the national government works with multilateral financial organizations to activate lines of attention to disaster situations, which allow collaboration in an agile manner with the committed regions.
Source: Ambito
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