The Minister of Labor, Pablo Mieres, announced that, in the coming days, additional benefits will be added.
Workers and companies fruit trees and citrus They will have, by order of the government, unemployment insurance for six months that will become effective in the coming days, according to the leader of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), Pablo Mieres.
The announcement made by the head of Labor and Social Security occurred within the framework of the effects produced by the drought in these two sectors, which revealed a decline in their economic activities, unlike in other years. This statement is given within the framework of another of the same caliber announced days ago regarding unemployment insurance for three months for the hotel areawhere the Minister of Tourism also participated, Tabare Viera.
During the Expo Prado The severity of the drought was reported – being one of the worst in 100 years – and that it generated million-dollar losses in the agricultural sector, amounting to a total of 1.8 billion dollars. In the particular case of the fruit sector, especially in pears, apples and citrusthe loss was around $43 million.
Drought and other factors that compromise agriculture
Last week the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) published the Quarterly National Accounts (CNT) where, during the second quarter of the year, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell 2.5% compared to the same period last year.
Among the causes is the negative impact that the drought and the water crisis generated on the agricultural sector. On the other hand, in the productive sphere, the year-on-year falls in the sector stood out Agriculture, Fishing and Mining, with 27%, followed by Electric Power, Gas and Water, which reached 12%, all of them also linked to the drought and the water crisis.
In this sense, yesterday the Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Fernando Mattos, asked that aid to affected producers continue until the end of the year. In addition to the drought, the leader highlighted other factors that compromise the sector. Among them is the drop in international prices In the last year, the low dollar and the water crisis that the center and south of Uruguay suffered in recent months.
Source: Ambito
