Panama: Urgent Need for Definition of Agriculture Policies

The Panamanian Association of Business Executives points to the continuing deterioration of the agricultural sector and its consequence on the prices of staple foods.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

By reducing the acres produced and the number of people engaged in agriculture, Panamanians will become dependent on imports, which will lead to higher prices.

Capital.com.pa reports that "the Panamanian Association of Business Executives (Apede), has made an urgent appeal to the government to frame a policy and accurate route to rescue the agricultural sector, whose fall continues to deepen to the point that it is in danger of disappearing, causing more increases in the price of products in the basic food basket. "

According to the president of the Apede, Roberto Troncoso, because of the reduction in the acreage produced and the number of people engaged in farming, there is an urgent need to take action, as the consequence of this situation will be paid for by all Panamanians because a lack of ability to provide food will mean dependence on imports and that leads to higher prices.

Moreover, the economist Aristides Hernandez explained that the only way to have affordable staple food is to have a higher supply, but right now the country can not even say that this is fully stocked or that it has a food security plan .

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