El Salvador: Imports of food are killing local producers

Published 2021년 1월 26일

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The article highlights the concerns of local farmers and producers in El Salvador over the government's continuous importation of food, even during the pandemic when there is sufficient local production of essential grains like corn, beans, and rice. Mateo Rendón, the president of the National Agricultural Board, criticizes the government for its preference for imported food, which he believes is undermining local agriculture and driving down local prices. He argues that the government's imports are more expensive and detrimental to local producers, who are not being purchased by the government despite having enough production to meet the country's demands. The article also mentions an investigation into the use of public funds by the Ministry of Agriculture for the purchase of food imports during the pandemic.

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The incessant importation of food by the government is drowning local producers, who point out that the country has not had the need to buy basic grains abroad because there is enough local production of corn, beans, rice and milk to cover the market . "Imports are the ones that are killing us local producers every day," says Mateo Rendón, president of the National Agricultural Board about the crisis that is afflicting them. The leader affirms that the government does not buy a penny of their products from them, but continues to buy from abroad. “That comes to the detriment of Salvadoran agriculture; Every bottle of milk that is imported is a problem for our farmers, every ton of corn and beans that is imported is detrimental to the internal prices of our country, ”Rendón reproaches. The leader of agricultural producers highlights that in the last two years production has been enough to cover the demand in the country and that the same government has said that in 2020 there was a ...

Source: Elsalvador