El Salvador: Imports of food are killing local producers

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 ...