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June 4, 2020
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June 4, 2020“Systemic effect” by COVID-19 affects production and food supply
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"Systemic effect" by COVID-19 affects production and food supply
June 4th, 2020
The health and economic emergency derived from COVID-19 also has a “systemic effect” on food production and supply: plantings have decreased in some entities; Fertilizers and seeds are on the rise and do not arrive on time due to logistical delays, and credit to the field does not flow and sees a decline compared to last year. Given this, it is urgent that the 4T government apparatus, the only national structure with the capacity for "immediate reaction", implement a national food supply program, aimed at solving these "collateral damages" of the pandemic.
The spring-summer cycle was caught in the middle of the sanitary emergency, in the agricultural works the sowing tasks have slowed down, which observes a reduction in some entities of 30 to 40% in the cultivated area.
In addition, there is an impact on the cost and supply of inputs such as fertilizers and seeds, which during a period of three months only for effect of the devaluation of the peso impacts 30%, with the aggravating circumstance that its distribution is slow; the problem is not only that their price has increased but also being able to dispose of them, since there are logistics problems because shipments are months behind schedule.
Staff
Translator: Martín Caballero
The health and economic emergency derived from COVID-19 also has a “systemic effect” on food production and supply: plantings have decreased in some entities; Fertilizers and seeds are on the rise and do not arrive on time due to logistical delays, and credit to the field does not flow and sees a decline compared to last year. Given this, it is urgent that the 4T government apparatus, the only national structure with the capacity for "immediate reaction", implement a national food supply program, aimed at solving these "collateral damages" of the pandemic.
The spring-summer cycle was caught in the middle of the sanitary emergency, in the agricultural works the sowing tasks have slowed down, which observes a reduction in some entities of 30 to 40% in the cultivated area.
In addition, there is an impact on the cost and supply of inputs such as fertilizers and seeds, which during a period of three months only for effect of the devaluation of the peso impacts 30%, with the aggravating circumstance that its distribution is slow; the problem is not only that their price has increased but also being able to dispose of them, since there are logistics problems because shipments are months behind schedule.
Staff
Translator: Martín Caballero
