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05-10-2011, 02:50 PM
Agreeing that "without production there can be no country", farmers from Sabaneta in Santiago Rodriguez province are calling for a revision of the Central American Free Trade Agreements (DR-CAFTA) and the reintroduction of Law 27-01 that deals with government purchases of local farm goods for social plans, which was revoked some years ago. According to El Caribe, the head of the Association of Milk Producers (Aproleche), Eric Rivero, said: "What is ours is ours and we have to preserve it". He added that just as the law for 4% of GDP for education is everyone's problem, so is producing food for the nation. Ricardo Barcelo of the Dominican Association of Cattle Ranchers and Farmers added that 80% of the foods that we consume are produced in the country and that with some help from the state we could compete overseas.
As stated by Deputy Pelegrin Castillo, the Dominican Republic was the only signatory nation of DR-CAFTA that did not exclude a single farm item from the treaty. The Central American nations excluded between two and five items in order to protect their producers.
The calls for the reintroduction of Law 27-01 say that it would strengthen the farming sector and protect the jobs generated by the sector. With the devastation experienced in the northwest because of the drought, there is a push for food security among representatives from the milk, pork, poultry, cattle and rice farming sectors as well as legislators who were meeting at the Hotel Marien in Santiago Rodriguez.
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As stated by Deputy Pelegrin Castillo, the Dominican Republic was the only signatory nation of DR-CAFTA that did not exclude a single farm item from the treaty. The Central American nations excluded between two and five items in order to protect their producers.
The calls for the reintroduction of Law 27-01 say that it would strengthen the farming sector and protect the jobs generated by the sector. With the devastation experienced in the northwest because of the drought, there is a push for food security among representatives from the milk, pork, poultry, cattle and rice farming sectors as well as legislators who were meeting at the Hotel Marien in Santiago Rodriguez.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)