Rice growers in Costa Rica insist on the urgency of increasing the price of grain to producers and consumers

The rice sector insisted on the urgency of increasing the price of this grain, both to the producer and to the consumer, a day after the public consultation period of a decree expired where the value is raised by 8% for the farmer. Through a statement in the afternoon of this Wednesday, June 23, the rice farmers argued strong increases in production costs to insist on this increase in the value of food, the most consumed in Costa Rica. Conarroz estimates the monthly volume of demand at 19,998 metric tons of ground grain (shelled) and the consumption per person per year at 47.20 kilos, in the 2019-2020 period. The Minister of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC), Victoria Hernández, declined to inform, as it is prohibited by law, if observations were submitted to the decree in consultation. Therefore, it is not known if that office will have to respond to these concerns, as required by law, which would delay the publication of the final price. Hernández announced that next Monday, ...