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Only sugarcane crops and coffee meet the demand within the country, having to import corn, beans, rice, fruits and vegetables in order to supply the needs of the population.
To overcome the problem, Oscar Albanés and Agustin Martinez, directors of the Agricultural Suppliers Association (APA) and the Chamber of Agriculture and Agro Industries (Camagro) indicate that, among other measures, "production chains should be developed and strengthened as well as coordinate collection systems allowing you to store crops so that farmers can gradually take their produce into market and negotiate good prices with wholesalers and the industry, maintaining and increasing production for the benefit of consumers, the country and their own.
Source: elsalvador.com
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August 2009
4 proposals will be presented to the Legislative Assembly, looking to solve the coffee grower's debt problem.
Mario Acosta Oertel, president of the Salvadoran Foundation for Coffee Research (PROCAFE), considers the proposals to be "viable, reasonable and sensible".
More comments by Acosta were reproduced in newspaper La Prensa Gráfica: " ...this proposals seek a consented agreement on the grower's debt, which now stands at $300 million...".
February 2012
Applications for permits to import genetically modified seeds have become stuck in government bureaucratic mazes in El Salvador, complain private industry.
The Agricultural Suppliers Association (APA) in El Salvador, is promoting the sowing of basic grains seeds that have been genetically modified in order to increase production, reports El Salvador.com.
April 2011
The early onset of the rainy season and the delay in the delivery of improved seed is threatening production.
The agricultural sector may face significant economic losses in grain production if this years rains are particularly intense.
Industry representatives are worried that the late delivery of seed for planting (which was estimated to arrive May 30 instead of April 15) may significantly affect future harvests.
October 2011
After heavy rainfall, about 742,500 quintals of beans are reported to be endangered.
The moisture caused by rainfall has generated a fungus attack in 40% of the cultivated area, said Oscar Albanian, director of the Agricultural Suppliers Association (APA).
An article in Elmundo.com.sv quoted the senior executive as saying, "Before this rainfall, between 30 and 35% of beans (in the cultivated area) were damaged by fungi (...) now it is 40% that is at serious risk of being lost. "
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