Eduardo Zegarra in Sudaca Peru: social mobilization for the agrarian strike
“After the pandemic, a new problem has hit the agricultural sector even more: the sharp increase in the price of fertilizers. First the price of urea doubled, then it tripled, and we are currently in a serious problem of shortages [… ] Peru imports 100% of the urea. We do not produce it internally. This is very serious, because it affects a large number of farmers. The most affected are the commercial ones: the producers of rice, potatoes, corn, they have immediate effects. That is why the discontent is throughout the country.”
Our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra spoke with Mávila Huertas from Sudaca Perú to understand the claims behind the agrarian strike.
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