It provided that temporary rural workers will maintain the Alimentar Card. The objective is that they do not lose any benefits while offering labor to raise crops.
It is a long-standing discussion: from the agricultural sector -more precisely from the regional economies- they warn campaign after campaign that they do not get temporary labor to raise the different crops and blame the social plans for the lack of workers. In this context, the Government has been establishing mechanisms so that the registered employment of the so-called temporary workers or “swallows” with social plans.
In August 2021, through a presidential decree, the perception of social plans and programs was made compatible with the work registered in temporary and seasonal activities. Meanwhile, in December of that same year there was a resolution by the Ministry of Social Development that decoupled the Food card and seasonal workers lost that benefit, which generated noise in the sector.
In this frame, Yesterday the Government published a new resolution that allows temporary rural workers, who have children up to 14 years of age, to continue receiving the Alimentar Carda step that seeks precisely to clear any obstacles so that rural businessmen in turn register workers.
As explained by the Government, The measure would directly benefit around 60,000 temporary workers and was born from a specific request from the business chambers and unions of workers working in regional economies. The specific request was that the benefit ranging from $17,000 to $34,000 be compatible with the period in which the temporary registration imposed by the harvest occurs.
Until now, as indicated in the sector, many workers preferred not to take the job because they could be left without the direct benefit for their children. From that resolution, this problem would be settled outright and would end the controversy that occurs campaign after campaign.
“This policy will allow accompanying workers whose income does not exceed the poverty line and who need support so that they do not have to choose and avoid tensions such as those experienced in the harvest of yerba mate in recent weeks,” official sources explained.
agricultural dollar
Meanwhile, the agricultural dollar directed to the products of the regional economies that receive a differential exchange rate for their exports until next August is still in force. The truth is that the daily settlement barely exceeds US$20 million and up to now it has accumulated around US$500 million since its launch. Meanwhile, with regard to the soybean dollar, this tool is no longer in force, but in around 50 days the agro-exporting firms entered the local exchange market just over US$5,000 million, in line with what was projected by government.
Going forward, the economic team flatly rules out the launch of a new edition of the soybean dollar aimed at accelerating the income of foreign currency, despite the fact that there are still around 10 million tons in the hands of producers. As they explain, the projections are that the market will remain calm in terms of sales until the next elections in August.
Source: Ambito
