Due to a lack of diesel, the Liaison Table initiated a field outage for July 13

due to lack of fuelthe Liaison Table called this afternoon for a national strike in the countryside for Wednesday 13 July. The total cessation of marketing will be accompanied on that day by mobilizations and awareness-raising actions within the country.

The directors of the table have announced the construction of a Federal demand day to claim political authorities and lawmakers from all political parties an urgent solution to the lack of diesel and fertilizers that put national production at risk.

The measure was announced at a press conference this afternoon in the city of Buenos Aires by the leaders of the Argentine Rural Confederations, Jorge Chemes; of Coninagro, Elbio Laucirica; of the Argentine Agricultural Federation, Carlos Achetoni; and by the Argentine Rural Society, Nicolás Pino.

In principle, the complete cessation of marketing It will be for 24 hours during July 13th but they do not exclude an extension in the event that they do not have answers to the requests, for which they have requested the accompaniment of all the components of the agri-food chain.

Protests from producers will take place in all provinces, but they will not include roadblocks. The goal will be to “mark the presence”, visualize and raise awareness of the critical situation that the agro-industrial sector is going through. “We don’t want to disturb anyone, or disturb the movement of people,” Chemes said.

“In an extremely worrying moment for all Argentines, with the responsibility that corresponds to us, we generate a request for answers to the entire political range in order to make the best effort to get out of this terrible situation, “Achetoni said.

Furthermore, they announced that from the delegations of the four entities, they will ask for hearings from provincial governors and legislators who “have the political key to manage” actions that help to solve the serious problem that threatens to paralyze productive activity.

Laucirica said the decision to go on strike “It’s not against anyone but for everyone” and who “aspire to resolve things first”. And he made it clear that it is not only caused by the shortage of fuel, but also by a series of problems that the agricultural sector is dragging and “the lack of measures to encourage production”. According to the leader’s information, “the fuel imports carried out so far would only and exclusively reach half of what is necessarywhich endangers the dense harvest. “

For the first time, the leaders of all the agribusiness rings convened by the Liaison Commission of Agricultural Entities (EAEC), met to analyze the situation, concerned about the serious problems that the sector and the country are going through, and have prepared a joint document entitled “Concerned, with a common vision and united for Argentina to grow back”, which they announced at a press conference held this Wednesday afternoon in the city of Buenos Aires.

The meeting was attended by representatives of sectors such as stock exchanges, seed companies, collectors, exporters, brokers, refrigerators, recipients, production associations and transporters.

What the statement says

The following is the full statement from the Liaison Table, entitled “Concerned, with a common vision and united, that Argentina will grow back”:

“Convened by the Liaison Commission of Agricultural Bodies, for the first time the leaders of all the links in the agro-industrial chain met to analyze the situation, worried in the face of the enormous problems that the sector and the country are experiencing. Those present agreed that the agri-food chain is part of the solution and the way out of this crisis. In this scenario, they stressed that they are united, with a common vision, with the belief that the sector is able to grow in production, exports, supply and generation of bioenergy and more employment. All this must take place within the framework of a profound respect for democracy, institutionality and the division of powers.

Politics it must restore macroeconomic stability and stop the confrontation, which results in greater inequality. Integration with social peace is essential to achieve federal, sustainable and inclusive development. These are essential conditions for working, producing, industrializing, transporting, marketing to obtain internal supply and increase exports. Access to diesel and fertilizers is urgently needed to avoid total paralysis of the production system. also andThere must be fewer harmful interventionsto lower public spending and put an end to the energy crisis, to make it possible.

The agri-food sector generates almost 4 million jobs throughout the country, 70% of exports and 8 out of 10 net exchange rates. It creates federal and genuine employment, with the fundamental contribution of producers to the revival of the economy. It provides technological innovation and improvements in the quality of work and production. Therefore, among the actors present there is the belief that, if the right conditions are met, without distorting interventions or permanent changes to the rules of the game, it could grow even more and increase the chances of federal development of Argentina.

For all these reasons, we here are fully committed and we are key players in the transformation and generation of development solutions of Argentina. We live in a historic moment, which offers our country an exceptional opportunity not to be missed. We will continue to work to make it a reality. “