Bean Producers Concerned
The food crisis that is
affecting the world is
beginning to be evident
in Costa Rica as rice
producers have asked
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, to declare
a state of emergency
that would reactivate
national production.
Although the posture is
not official, bean
producers are showing
their concern of the
future supply following
the announcement by
Nicaragua to regulate
bean exports.
The neighbouring country
is the supplier of 99%
of all read beans
imported. Costa Rica
consumes on avarage
3.500 tons of beans a
month.
Vincio Murillo,
secretary general of the
Unión de Productores
Agropecuarios
Independientes de Pérez
Zeledón (UPIAV), the
country could face a
food crisis due to the
measures applied by
previous governments.
Murillo said that bean
production in the
country has reduced by
78% since the 90's,
going from 69.000
hectares to 11.000
hectares in 2007.
"I cannot say we are
joining the petition by
the Conarroz as it would
have to be by a
consensus of all
producers, but it is
clear that the country
needs to reactive its
production", said
Murillo.
Murillo considers that
the current government
to promote the growth of
bean production in the
country.
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