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The article highlights the severe drought in Argentina, particularly affecting the yerba mate production in Colonia Liebig, northeastern Argentina. This region, along with Misiones, is crucial for yerba mate cultivation, being the country's leader in exports and the world's second-largest producer behind Brazil. The drought, the worst since 1944, and unusually high temperatures have led to the death of around 60% of the yerbal plantations' plants, causing significant losses and a potential crash in production, with an estimated 4,000 million pesos (around 35 million dollars) in damages. The drought not only impacts the production but also threatens jobs, as it affects the collection of seeds and the blending process, leading to a possible 30% decrease in Argentina's total yerba mate production. This situation has raised concerns about the potential increase in prices and the impact on consumers, who rely heavily on yerba mate in their daily life.
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Colonia Liebig, Corrientes, Argentina, 11 Mar 2022 (AFP) - In Colonia Liebig, northeastern Argentina, its more than 4,000 inhabitants depend on the yerba mate agricultural cooperative founded a century ago by German settlers, but the drought killed their yerbal plantations. and after breaking production records in 2021, a crash is looming. "The plants are withered, 60% are dead, the losses are in the millions and we continue to fall, we still haven't hit rock bottom. The situation is a total disaster," Orlando Stvass, vice president of the Liebig Agricultural Cooperative, producer of the Playadito brand, leader in sales in the South American country. In the yerbales of Colonia Liebig the plants, usually deep green, are a brown sea of dry bushes. "They burned like in an oven," says agronomist Alberto Müller as he tours the plantation to measure the damage. Liebig, in the north of Corrientes, forms, together with the province of Misiones, the only Argentine region suitable for the ...
Source: Elperiodicodemexico
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