The productive zone of Argentina suffers every day the effects of the strong drying product of the escape from rain The problem is not exempt from the political deputies and that is why in the last hours the national deputy Diego Santilli appealed to the governor Axel Kicillof for his “inaction” Faced with the problem that affects the province of Buenos Aires.
The opposition referent said in a tour of parchmentone of the localities whose rural sector is one of the most affected by the problem, which “the governor is late as usual.” He also said it for being “a partner in the profits but erased in the losses”, which he estimated at 14 billion dollars in exports.
The deputy and former Buenos Aires official crossed the leader of the Frente de Todos for his relationship with the countryside. “You have to stop seeing him as an enemy. because the countryside is the engine of the province,” he said.
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It is worth remembering that regarding this problem, this morning there will be a meeting between the Minister of Economy sergio masa and the leaders that make up the link table. Yesterday, the four entities that complied with the agreement held a press conference in which they announced that “we will demand urgent measures and specific points to resolve as quickly as the case warrants.”
Santilli against Kicillof
During the tour, the opposition deputy maintained that since mid-2022 “the impact of the drought has been noticed” and he hoped that despite that Kicillof “seems that he never found out about this situation.” Santilli reproached that the producers have not been listened to and asked that the aid be expedited “because what the governor is doing is insufficient, slow and, once again, late.”
“The northern zone, known as the nucleus of production, is the most affected”launched Santilli in statements replicated by Parliamentary.com while he estimated that half of the province has problems, in an equivalent to 150 thousand square kilometers.
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Regarding the calculation of losses related to the natural phenomenon, the member of the opposition formation He maintained that the estimated loss is 14 billion dollarswhich represents 1.8% of GDP in terms of exports.
“Only in soybeans, in the province there were 300,000 hectares less. A similar number for corn. This drought affected the fine harvest, wheat and barley, which are sown in winter and harvested at the end of the year. Already for the coarse planting of soybeans, corn and sunflower, there is talk of a loss of 50% of production,” he said.
Santilli demanded measures
Most of the tambos in the province of Buenos Aires have run out of food. “There are thousands of families that live from this. The situation is complex in Junín, Rojas, Chacabuco, Bragado, Pergamino, among others,” said Santilli.
It is worth remembering that last November the Buenos Aires governor announced the drought emergency and a series of palliative measures for the districts of the districts of San Pedro, Rojas, Salto, Ramallo, Junín, Arrecifes, Alberti, Chascomús, Suipacha, Lobos, San Vicente, Magdalena and Dolores. The extension of the payment of the rural property tax and the exemption of the same tax were some of the initiatives announced by the Government.
In any case, the deputy requested tax extensions and productive credits. “Too We must work on the modification of the Emergency Law which is from 1986, with changes in between, but which are no longer enough. But beyond that, we are going through one of the worst droughts in the last 60 years and the government cannot sit idly by only declaring an Emergency and taking measures that do not serve producers.”
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