:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/J3QELRAEVBB2NNLZG2IDX4U4SQ.jpg "The government of Buenos Aires admits that the impact of the drought is significant and that the drop in income will be significant 1")
Javier RodriguezMinister of Agrarian Development of the Province of Buenos Aires, acknowledged in a dialogue with this media that the impact of the drought on the territory of Buenos Aires “is significant”, and on the other hand, he stressed that “we We are all clear that the reduction in revenues (public and private) as a result of the drought is very significant, and very high.” In addition, he analyzed the relationship of his portfolio with management and producers.
Due to the drought, new estimates are alarmed at the reduction in soybean exports
The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange predicted an 18% drop in export earnings and a 22% drop in tax receipts. In addition, soybean meal exports fell in January, Argentina’s main export product.
Asked about the vision that the government of Buenos Aires has regarding what will cause the droughtRodríguez commented that “its impact in the province of Buenos Aires is significant. We have already assessed the losses in winter crops and livestock, and we will analyze what is happening with summer crops, where there has been a delay in coverage. There will be different effects in terms of yields.” For this reason, the provincial government promises to continue the measures that allow “accompaniment to alleviate this situation”.
From the Ministry of Agrarian Development it was recalled that since last November they have operated as mechanisms to deal with the agricultural emergency, the declarations promoted in different municipalities and also special lines of credit from Banco Provincia for s take care of agriculture with subsidized rates of 47%. . In addition, there are special ministry funds for small producers.
The map showing the evolution of the drought: in January, the area affected by a “severe” lack of water increased
A report from the National Drought Watch Table has updated the areas hardest hit by the lack of rainfall. The impact on the main productive activities
Given the economic and productive slowdown that is occurring after the third consecutive drought, the official explained that “we must have a very important debate on the tools necessary to promote the development of agricultural activity and food production, and economic development In addition, Rodríguez affirmed that “we must all be clear that the reduction in income (public and private) due to the drought is very important and very high, and what is always done is to help the producer You can rely on working capital and can thus continue your work. This is what the crisis situation we are facing is all about.
“In the province of Buenos Aires, as a particularity, of the provincial government, we do not have instruments or tools to act in matters of macroeconomics, but we have it in relation to the particularities that make the development of the local agricultural sector, such as financing, and everything related to infrastructure and the promotion of development and technological innovation. There, we say that it is not only necessary to have an agenda, but also to show actions. And of the provincial government, we do it, since we have a specific program,” concluded Rodríguez.
The official said that since the beginning of the provincial administration in charge of Axel Kicillof, “we have a vision in favor of production and work. We need all sectors and we know that Buenos Aires, as a province, is a real engine of the country’s economy. That is why there must be a production-based agenda”. As an example, Javier Rodríguez mentioned that under the current administration “the network of rural roads has been improved. If we compare it with the previous management, he promised it and never delivered.”
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INTA Balcarce specialists cannot confirm a direct causal relationship between the death of the animals and the ingestion of the insect, while an entomologist who worked in the organization pointed the finger at the “meloidos”, protagonists of an “invasion” in San Justo almost 70 years ago.
And to add that “we need all productions and get out of this dichotomy which poses agriculture versus industry. Current discussions have gone beyond this dichotomy. For this reason, we must think of a set of actions that have financing as a fundamental element. This is essential, because agriculture must start a cycle of agricultural production every year and this funding is necessary” to start it.
In addition, he stressed the need for the agricultural sector to open the debates, “that difficulties have been seen due to the call”crack‘, and transform it into concrete actions “that bring benefits to the producer, for example in terms of financing, infrastructure and technological innovation, so as not to stop the development that the countryside of Buenos Aires needs after the significant negative impact the sector has had after an unprecedented drought”.
In this regard, Rodríguez pointed out: “The existence sometimes at the political level of what is called the “crack” prevents and hinders serious and in-depth debates, and those debates that we must give ourselves as a society. You have to raise them and try to give them, and there find the tools you really need. And from this point of view we work from the management of Axel Kicillof. We work from this perspective: to elevate the debates that are important, and link them to specific issues and actions”.