Castro Soteldo presents Venezuela's advances in agri-food issues during FAO conference

Published at: 19/03/2024 08:05 PM

The Minister of Popular Power for Productive Agriculture and Lands, Wilmar Castro Soteldo, presented this Tuesday the agri-food experiences of Venezuela, during his participation in the 38th Regional Conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization for Latin America and the Caribbean (LARC 38), held in Georgetown, capital of Guyana.

In his speech, Castro Soteldo praised the advances and achievements made by the Bolivarian Government in the production of agricultural products and animal protein to guarantee the food sovereignty of the population, the financing of producers and peasants, and the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States (USA) on the development of the sector.

He explained that these illegal tools caused nutritional vulnerability in the country, which “the Bolivarian Government has addressed through sound policies”, to bring it to 2%. In addition, he presented proposals to encourage the use of biocontrollers and bioinputs that are used in the country, as well as the use of bioinoculants in native seeds, specifically those of corn.

The minister stressed that the country has advanced towards the radical transformation of the production model, through healthy agriculture based on the 12 vertices of the Great AgroVenezuela Mission.

Mazo News Team