Midagri says it is coordinating with Mininter and Mindef “so that roadblocks don’t last more than 24 hours.”

Minister of Agricultural Development and Irrigation, Nelli Paredesin dialogue with RPP Newsspoke about the situation with the blockade of roads in various regions by protesters and its connection with possible a lack of food in cities.

He therefore denied that there was such a shortage and indicated that his sector was formulating measures with Ministry of the Interior (Minister) D Ministry of Defense (Mindef) so the above blocks are not supported for more than one day.

“Our function is to ensure that food reaches not only Limewhat can i do at the moment ensure that there is a reserve for at least 5 days (…) There is no shortage in the regions yet and we hope there will not be. He works with intelligence and minter so that the blockade cannot last more than 24 hours, so that food supplies are not affected, ”he explained.

In addition, he urged merchants to refrain from the practice speculative.

“I want to call the merchants so that at this time cateringwill not generate assumption with price increases that have been recorded in some cases,” he said.

In addition, he said that there are already products being speculated in some retail markets.

“The product that is most speculated about is the potato, which is the biggest food we consume, but also onion, carrot, tomatoes. Last week we were able to see prices drop. As in chicken meat, there was also a fall and it is available to the population,” he explained.

Owner midagri He also called for calm so as not to “run out” for products whose arrival is guaranteed.

“Food is guaranteed. I urge people to calm down. Do not speculate and do not run for food, cleaning, as was the case during the pandemic. midagri doing everything possible to provide food,” he said.

“These are not agricultural claims”

On the other hand, the minister Walls pointed out that the demands of the unions of merchants and peasants participating in the mobilizations do not relate to agriculture, but, obviously, are of the nature political.

“In the marches, although it is true, farmers also participate in some cases, very little, but they are not agrarian demands or demands from other sectors. We must be clear that this violence, in which genuinely political demands are made, cannot continue as a basis for violence to achieve demands. politicians”, he warned.

He also stressed that under recent governments, the agricultural sector has been “hard hit”.

” Agriculture He has a lot of unmet demands that come from decades, not just from the previous government, which had more visible gaps. There were 4 unsuccessful urea purchase processes. In the fourth, I had to take control (…) there was a slight possibility that this could materialize. However, the process was cancelled,” he said.

For his part, he indicated that his sector is already negotiating a dialogue with trade unions to ascertain their demands and give them prompt attention.

“We are already coordinating with the mayors of provinces and districts, because most of the markets depend on local governments. We are agreeing to be able to start a dialogue with traders and get out of this situation,” he said.