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Paraguay: drought threatens agricultural production for 2022

By RT Staff Reporters · December 28, 2021 · 1 min read

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Union of Production Guilds (Unión de Gremios de Producción – UGP) is concerned about the downward hydrological prospects for 2022. They anticipate that this situation will affect the economy.

In contact with Monumental 1080 AM, the president of the UGP, Héctor Cristaldo, explained that the hydrological forecasts for 2022 are not encouraging and anticipated that production could suffer.

The Union of Productions Guilds president predicted that it would be difficult for the guild to reach the target productions without rain; this situation would impact the economy. (Photo: internet reproduction)

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“It is 30 days since the last general rain, and it is already affecting crop development,” he said.

Cristaldo predicted that it would be difficult for the guild to reach the target, impacting the economy.

“We will hardly reach the tonnage we expect; this will affect the economy,” he said.

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