Government of Bolivia announces that it will use “all stored” wheat to guarantee flour supply

Page Seven Digital In the midst of the state of emergency decreed by groups of bakers, the Government announced this Tuesday afternoon that if necessary all stored wheat will be used to guarantee the supply of flour for bread making and is already talking about a pre-agreement with Argentina. The Minister of Rural Development and Lands, Remmy Gonzales, specified that the Government signed agreements with bakeries from all departments for the supply of bread at a fair price and weight. In this framework, he said that there is no official information on the complaints of the bakery groups. We have clearly demonstrated to the baker brothers that we are not going to run out of wheat flour, we have stored more than 130,000 tons with the Wheat Program, in this winter campaign, we are going to sow more than 140,000 hectares of wheat, he said, citing an institutional bulletin. You can also read: Artisan bakers in La Paz will not make marraqueta An extension of the Federation of Artisan ...