How to reverse the price increase in products such as lemons? Eduardo Zegarra reflects in Canal N
“We are having the worst of all worlds. Expensive food because we produce less and because despite the fact that imported food prices have fallen, the industry does not pass this reduction on to consumers. The final effect is that especially the poorest and most vulnerable have lost purchasing power. I estimate a 15-20% loss in the last two years. This implies greater food insecurity.
Our senior researcher Eduardo Zegarra talked with journalist Jaime Chincha and economist Pablo Secada about food prices and the agrarian crisis. Via Canal N.
