Agriculture Minister Norberto Yahuar said the Government would engage in “surgical work” in order to reach “all areas of the farming sector” affected by the extreme drought.
Yahuar ordered Institutional Affairs secretary Haroldo Lebed to summon the Committee on Farming Emergency for a meeting next Thursday, in order to work on the effects of the extreme draught currently affecting the country.
“Our goal is to keep working after our first meeting in order to evaluate which are the best mechanisms that can be put in place right now. We will engage in surgical work and reach all the affected areas and farmers that need it the most,” he explained.
He then explained that the Committee’s goal is to carefully analyze every situation, since drought affects every region of Argentina in a different way.
“We’re facing a drought with anomalies. There’s been some heavy rain in some places, and no rain at all in others, according to INTA reports. This means we have to work fast in order to help whoever needs it the most,” Yahuar added.
The Ministry of Agriculture will be working along with the INTA in order to visit the areas affected by drought and asses the situation.
“We must work together with tangible policies that support farmers,” the minister said.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald