El Salvador: Farmers assure the government that no corn imports will be needed this year

Farmers have good expectations for corn production this year, they expect to harvest 21.8 million quintals of the grain, and taking into account that the national consumer demand is 18.8 million quintals they assure that it will not be necessary to import. "The new Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (David Martínez) gave us his word that he will not allow corn imports for this year as long as there is no need," said the president of the Salvadoran Chamber of Small and Medium Agricultural Producers (Field), Luis Treminio. However, only between January 5 and April 25, the Government has bought out of the country at least some 16,120 metric tons of food that have continuously arrived in ships at the port of Acajutla, in Sonsonate. SEE ALSO: The Anliker Heritage: Millions of Imported Foods to the Detriment of National Agriculture “Since last year, since the first imports, we have said that the request for the importation of basic grains made by the previous minister (Pablo Anliker) ...