Panama to Promote
Regional Food Pool
Panama will promote the
creation of a regional
surplus food pool to
help alleviate the
crisis prevailing in the
sector, Foreign Minister
Samuel Lewis announced
on Wednesday.
Lewis, who is also First
Vice President of the
Republic, added that the
draft initiative,
currently under study by
experts, will be
informally presented
during the summit of the
European Union, Latin
America and the
Caribbean in Lima, Peru,
this week.
Currently, Panama has
surplus pork, while
other nations have
surplus rice, beans,
corn and other basic
grains, he said, adding
that once in a pool,
these items can be
exchanged among
countries to supply
their populations with
food at reasonable
prices.
The surplus food pool
issue is a different
approach to manage
surplus food to face
food crisis, creating
regional aid and support
mechanisms beyond trade
agreements, said the
Panamanian top diplomat. |
