The Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries anticipated that “the conditions are in place” to cease the declaration as of December 31.
He Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) predicts that the agricultural emergency will end by the end of the year, in a context where the country begins to recover from the worst drought of the century, which led to strong economic consequences for the sector.
This was anticipated by the head of the MGAP, Fernando Mattos, who anticipated that “the conditions are in place to return to normality and lift the agricultural emergency starting December 31”, after a drought which generated million-dollar losses for the agro.
It is worth remembering that the minister decided to extend the validity of the declaration due to the effects of the climate phenomenon and its impact on the production. “Although the causes are being reversed, the effects are not yet,” he said. Mattos on that occasion.
The agricultural emergency It was originally sanctioned on October 24, 2022 for three months and has since been extended. First on January 24, with an extension for 90 days; then on April 24, for another 150 days; and finally last September, when it was extended again.
Furthermore, in this last section, the government decided to withdraw support in ration and fiber, while the areas declared free for grazing on the side of the roads were reevaluated, maintaining the bulk of assistance, which at the point in which the drought punished more strongly reached 20,000 aid for 13,500 producers.
The losses of the agricultural sector due to the drought
The drought had a strong economic impact, estimated at around 2,000 million dollars by the MGAP, while it had a strong impact on the decline in GDP.
In this regard, from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF)specified that the direct losses in the agricultural phase are close to the 1,809 million dollars“being in historical terms the largest losses recorded in the last three decades”, as appears from what is stated by the portfolio in the Accountabilityalthough that figure could be corrected upwards by the end of the year.
Source: Ambito
