{"id":164505,"date":"2022-02-18T16:02:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T08:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=164505"},"modified":"2022-02-18T16:02:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T08:02:12","slug":"argentina-plans-to-set-up-state-run-national-food-company-to-regulate-domestic-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=164505","title":{"rendered":"Argentina plans to set up state-run National Food Company to regulate domestic prices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BUENOS AIRES, Feb 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Government of Argentina is planning to create a National Food Company as a measure to curb inflation, keep prices under control and help small and medium producers, Presidential Spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInflation is a damage to the Argentine table and the Government is evaluating a solution, not because it is politically interested, but because it is its duty to change people’s lives,\u201d Cerruti explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also admitted presidential advisors were considering the creation of a state-run food company which would guarantee low prices and help small producers of fresh vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spokeswoman acknowledged there was an increase in the prices of vegetables which were not included in recent agreements between Governments and Producers and said the issue was being addressed. Among the proposals was the possibility that small producers can distribute their goods through a different mechanism, which should be dettached from international prices, so that they can reach the population in an affordable fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Government is unable to see how it can help small and medium-sized producers,\u201d Cerruti said during her usual Thursday press briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe fight against inflation has to do with price control but also with production and exports, and with international agreements such as the IMF,\u201c Cerruti went on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dAll these issues are taken together and seen as a global policy in order to be successful in the fight against inflation, which is one of our great objectives\u201d, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Domestic Trade Secretary Roberto Feletti had called Wednesday for stronger prince controls on the Government’s part. \u201cIt is necessary to rebuild state instruments that allow establishing regulations against what is the free market in the allocation of food resources,\u201c Feletti stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dWe need a break with international prices in wheat, corn, meat and milk,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, National Director of Integrative Policies Rafael Klejzer explained that \u201ca national food company, directly associated with the producers, will allow promoting the active role of the State, in terms of planning , regulation, control, production, cost analysis and marketing of food, in a market that today is highly concentrated and in the hands of large corporations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klejzer insisted this strategy would generate \u201da reference price for mass consumption products and curb the greed of companies that understand food as a commodity and not as a social right.\u201d — NNN-MERCOPRESS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Government of Argentina is planning to create a National Food Company as a measure to curb inflation, keep prices under control and help small and medium producers, Presidential Spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti said. \u201cInflation is a damage to the Argentine table and the Government is evaluating a solution, not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":164507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164505"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/164507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}