We think you can never achieve food sovereignty without this”, assured Mabouba Diagne, inviting producers to commit themselves to respecting their commitment. He expressed the wish that producers show him, in terms of assises, the way forward to increase productivity, without which food sovereignty would not be possible. “The authorities are aware”, he said. The Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Livestock has recalled the constraints on rice production, the heavy consumption of which involves currency outflows contributing to the imbalance in the country’s trade balance.
Assises du Riz: Mabouba Diagne promises a solution to the 9 billion debt of the rice farmers
