The former president warned about the situation of the sector and admitted that, if we do not take measures, “we are in danger of it disappearing.”
Former president José Mujica focused on the future of farm producers.
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The ex-president Jose Mujica called to take care of the agricultural sector and specifically asked to keep an eye on the farmers producers, pointing out that today there is “the danger that it will disappear and we will lose food security.”
By insisting on the reality of agro, during an event in cannelloni next to candidate of the Broad Front, Yamandú Orsi, Mujica alluded to the former local mayor when ruling: “If this guy has to be president, he should have his ear wide open and listen to them.”
During his participation in the event, the former president considered that he does not agree with the term “rurality” and explained: “This is not the export meat, This is a metropolitan model that works for the Internal market and that we are in danger of it disappearing and losing food security.”
“I know the guild of the flower and it disappeared because the mosquito appeared and they couldn’t put water in the cemeteries. Thus the industry and more than 3,000 resellers disappeared. Now the few flowers there are are imported,” compared the MPP leader.
Along the same lines, he questioned: “We cannot treat them as we treat the rice farmers, that 95% of what they produce is to sell to the world. This is to sell to Uruguayan market and we are losing them, it is dramatic.”
Mujica questioned the import from Europe
At a time when there are several complaints in agriculture, Mujica He referred to imports, which affect the development of the sector. “If we bring chard Belgium frozen, chinese garlic and this and that, there will not be a countryman left on the farm,” he warned.
Along the same lines, he assured that “a large part of the farm prices are set by agricultural surplus from developed countries”, about which he noted: “They have leftovers and they throw away the product at any price.”
It is worth remembering that since Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) sealed an agreement with the Banco República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU) to assist producers in the face of the impact of the drought, with credits of up to 2 million pesos per producer, with payment terms and amounts to be defined as appropriate.
Source: Ambito
