Efecto Fido Dido: Do you still need to be told how important you are? They publish new data to measure the importance of

Agriculture is like that adolescent who needs the recognition of their elders to go out and fight for life, removing the obstacles that come their way. This psychoanalytic figure explains why, from time to time, organizations in the sector revive studies to measure the importance of the sector and its relevant contributions to the rest of Argentina. They have all done it at some point and this week the update of that “digest” corresponded to the team of experts from the Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR). “Agroindustrial chains account for around 20% of the country’s economy, one out of every five jobs, nearly 20% of the national government’s revenue, and three out of every five dollars exported in the Argentine Republic” was the summary of this work aimed more at self-convincing than at convincing the rest of society, which demands these figures much less than the sector itself. Nevertheless, there it is: this necessary exercise once again for a fair valuation of what agriculture is. ...