The rice sector remains on tenterhooks. \u00d3scar Guti\u00e9rrez, executive president of Dignidad Agropecuaria Colombiana, one of the unions present at the table set up by the National Government to reach an agreement with the industry and rice producers regarding the storage incentive and the establishment of a floor price, announced that this was not possible.<\/p>\n\n
Gutierrez ratified the realization of a mobilization tomorrow, June 27, at 9:00 a.m., in front of the facilities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the city of Bogota, to demand an agreement that allows rice producers to face the increases that have occurred in inputs, fertilizers, labor, land leasing, and cultivation work.<\/p>\n\n
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced the activation of the technical round table for setting the storage incentive and floor prices for the purchase of the rice harvest, an issue that will determine the producer\u2019s income and will affect rice prices in Colombia.<\/p>\n\n
The sector has been under discussion for two weeks now between the national government and the rice producers\u2019 unions, following the government’s proposal to replace the rice storage incentive with structural solutions and the response of the unions, which pointed out that these solutions do not happen overnight, so the storage incentive and the floor prices are still vital for the producers.<\/p>\n\n
Technical round table to seek agreements on the storage incentive and floor prices<\/h2><\/h2>\n\n
According to Fedearroz, the national government and rice farmers should establish a conversation with a view to finding \u201cagreements that guarantee favorable marketing conditions for the rice harvest, on which the supply of rice for the country depends both in the second half of 2023 and the first half of 2024\u201d.<\/p>\n\n
The union also stressed that it is necessary to carry out an \u201cintegral analysis that includes the various factors that have affected the producing sector and that inexorably lead it to rely on government support to store temporary rice surpluses\u201d.<\/p>\n\n
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The rice storage incentive compromises the labor stability of 216 municipalities<\/strong> in Colombia, the income of 500,000 families<\/strong>, and ultimately the future stability of the rice sector, said Fedearroz.<\/p>\n\n
In view of the situation, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Jhenifer Mojica Fl\u00f3rez, said this afternoon, June 26, that \u201cthe Ministry of Agriculture has already made available about 20 billion pesos to help leverage this harvest and this surplus that is noticed, especially in the region of the Llanos Orientales\u201d.<\/p>\n\n
Atenci\u00f3n \ud83d\udd34#MinAgricultura<\/a> anuncia instalaci\u00f3n de la mesa con sector arrocero para revisar el precio base y el almacenamiento del excedente de la cosecha de este segundo semestre. pic.twitter.com\/V7SYPJ3fIu<\/a><\/p>— Min. de Agricultura (@MinAgricultura) June 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>