Bolivia may experience a possible pork shortage due to a lack of subsidized corn

The Departmental Association of Pork Producers (Adepor) of Santa Cruz revealed that since November 2021 it has not received subsidized corn distributed by the Food Production Support Company (Emapa) and warned of a possible shortage of pork if import is not authorized of grain from Argentina , says a report by the Erbol network. Recently, the swine sector decided to increase the price of pork by Bs 2. The measure was rejected by the Government, which maintains that it regularly delivers to producers. But contrary to the state version, the manager of Adepor, Henry Chávez, said that the livestock sector is in a state of emergency due to the lack of corn, which affects the increase in food. “Swine producers subsidized the price issue for many years, but we can't anymore. The sector is collapsing, we close farms and what will be achieved, if it is not resolved, our farms will be closed and there will be a shortage of pork across the country,” he said in an interview with Erbol’s O ...