The agricultural emergency because of the drought enters its final stage, but could be extended once again when the advisory committee of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP).
The leader of that portfolio, Fernando Mattosconsidered that although there is “a reversal of the general situation of drought, the effects have not stopped.” And he highlighted, in dialogue with Subrayado, the “important response” that the countryside had to the credits that the government offered and were accessible due to the emergency declaration.
The agricultural emergency, which was declared 11 months ago and was extended at the end of last April, ends on the 23rd of this month. During its validity, the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries established dozens of measures to support agriculture, among which extensions of tax deadlines and credit lines stand out. accessible credit.
“Cessing now, when we are still experiencing its effects, we still have a spring that is just beginning and what happened in the productive systems is still having an impact, it seems to us that it would be hasty to lift immediately,” said Mattos, making evident his inclination for a new extension.
The minister, who a month ago considered an option to go from a national emergency to a focused one, that is, aimed at the departments that are still greatly affected by the droughtHe assured that if the emergency is lifted, assistance will cease.
Minister Mattos highlighted that the moisture conditions of the soil and pastures improved, “but the effects” of the drought. “We understand that there remains a final stage of support for producers so that they can definitively overcome this great challenge,” he insisted.
Uruguay has revised upwards the damages calculated by the drought. While in February they were projected at $1.1 billion, in April the figure increased above $1.8 billion and is currently estimated to exceed $2 billion.
Source: Ambito
