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07-14-2008, 02:30 PM
If the Dominican government wants food to reach the people at lower prices, it will have to share in the production costs, otherwise food prices will continue to rise for consumers, reports the Listin Diario today. This statement was issued by Oliverio Espaillat and Cesareo Contreras, the presidents of the Dominican Federation of Rice Growers and the Cattle Farmers Association. Meanwhile the heads of the poultry and pork producers concurred, saying that they have had to reduce their production schedules drastically due to the fall in demand. According to these producers there is a lack of currency in the marketplace. Poultry farmers said that they have reduced their production from 16.5 million units to 14.5 million a month and the pig farmers say that they have reduced their output by 10,000 units.
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