rincaro Il's mais dei prezzi, dei fagioli, e di altre granaglie basilari, ed a minimum wage to coprire che non arriva il basic paniere determinanti vitale sono fattori della fame che della popolazione soffre part Guatemalan , che has the highest rate of infant malnutrition in Latin America.
"The price of corn is now the highest in the last four years, at a cost of 125 quetzales (15.6 dollars) a ton, while in 2009 it was listed 98 days ago quetzales (12.2 dollars), has recommended Gustavo Garcia, the United Nations Organization for Agriculture and Food (FAO). The cost of the beans blacks is increasing. While in 2009 cost 422 pounds quetzales (52.7 dollars) in 2010 rose to 458 quetzales (57.2 dollars), according to FAO statistics. The rise in the price of these grains would not be a concern for the Guatemalans were it not because both are part of the basic subsistence diet of thousands of families in the rural area, home to 72% of the poverty of the country, according to official figures.
Half of the 14 million Guatemalans live in poverty, while 17% are indigent, the statistics disclosed by the United Nations. This precarious situation is now aggravated by rising grain prices, caused by damage to the plantings caused by extreme weather events. García explained that the drought that has affected sowing in 2009, then added to flooding caused by rains last year, which resulted in damage to many of the plantations of subsistence.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Farming and Food reported that from January to September 2010 we have lost 72,040 hectares of crops, of which 44,000 hectares were planted with corn, would produce 1.5 million tons of grain. They also damaged 25,000 tons of beans. Today, the worst hit areas are the west and east of the country, spanning the Secco called Corridor, an area hard hit by famine and characterized the dull soil and the scarcity of rain.
"Here, the majority of families have lost half the crop, that from September to December, and remain five or six months without corn. Now will have to buy at high prices not to mention the difficulties in getting a job" ha affermato García. Secondo la FAO, una famiglia guatemalteca di sei membri consuma trentadue quintali di mais e sette di fagioli all’anno come parte della sua dieta, benché il rincaro dei prezzi li obblighi a diminuire il loro consumo. In Guatemala, in realtà, il tasso di denutrizione cronica infantile è del 49,3%, il più alto dell'America Latina ed uno dei maggiori del mondo, secondo il Fondo di Nazioni Unite per l'Infanzia (UNICEF). Ma la volatilità dei prezzi delle granaglie non è un problema esclusivo del Guatemala, ma colpisce principalmente i più poveri.
"Gli ultimi episodi di volatilità estrema dei prezzi nei mercati agricoli mondiali presagiscono maggiori e più frequenti minacce alla sicurezza alimentare mondiale", conclude la relazione della FAO. I fenomeni meteorologici estremi, una maggiore dipendenza dal commercio internazionale per soddisfare le necessità della popolazione ed una domanda crescente di altri settori colpiscono il sistema alimentare, secondo lo studio. Di modo che è necessario proteggere i più vulnerabili con riserve alimentari di emergenza e, a lungo termine, aumentare la produttività delle coltivazioni più competitive e sostenibili, e incoraggiare la differenziazione nutrizionale, aggiunge.
Combattere la fame è complesso in Guatemala se si prende in considerazione che il salario minimo non basta nemmeno per coprire le spese di sussistenza. Malgrado il governo del socialdemocratico Álvaro Colom abbia increased from 1 January 2011 to $ 273 monthly minimum wage agricultural and non agricultural, and $ 257 to workers of the textile industry, which comprises vital reaches $ 490, according to the National Institute of Statistics. This includes costs for food, clothing, housing, education, health, transport and other goods and services for a family of five. José
Cubur of non-governmental Committee of Peasant Unity, told IPS that increases in the minimum wage have always been "very low", while the prices of the basket increased vitality, without ceasing. "Time is not reached agreement to increase the minimum wage between entrepreneurship and trade unions. In the end, the President declared an increase, but very limited, "when he should at least cover the basket of life, he said. The union leader Victoriano Zacarias told IPS that establishes the minimum wage in the country," but not realized as with many laws . To this union, the real minimum wage should be $ 490 today. "So we would be fighting hunger, illiteracy, health and violence," he said.
Luis Linares non-governmental Association for Investigation and Studies Social added that if there were no minimum wage, wages are still lower in the country. However, he estimated that this wage is not equivalent to the basic basket to secure vital to have considered other factors, such as productivity, the general state of wages, the business situation, inflation, and others. "Otherwise it would be very difficult for companies to pay it," he says. In fact, with the last salary increase, Guatemalan entrepreneurs have announced the dismissal of thousands of workers, on the grounds that it is impossible to pay them. To improve the economy and fight poverty, the State must create decent jobs, which is to improve the training of workers and improve conditions for business, says Linares.
Adital 02/02/11
"The price of corn is now the highest in the last four years, at a cost of 125 quetzales (15.6 dollars) a ton, while in 2009 it was listed 98 days ago quetzales (12.2 dollars), has recommended Gustavo Garcia, the United Nations Organization for Agriculture and Food (FAO). The cost of the beans blacks is increasing. While in 2009 cost 422 pounds quetzales (52.7 dollars) in 2010 rose to 458 quetzales (57.2 dollars), according to FAO statistics. The rise in the price of these grains would not be a concern for the Guatemalans were it not because both are part of the basic subsistence diet of thousands of families in the rural area, home to 72% of the poverty of the country, according to official figures.
Half of the 14 million Guatemalans live in poverty, while 17% are indigent, the statistics disclosed by the United Nations. This precarious situation is now aggravated by rising grain prices, caused by damage to the plantings caused by extreme weather events. García explained that the drought that has affected sowing in 2009, then added to flooding caused by rains last year, which resulted in damage to many of the plantations of subsistence.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Farming and Food reported that from January to September 2010 we have lost 72,040 hectares of crops, of which 44,000 hectares were planted with corn, would produce 1.5 million tons of grain. They also damaged 25,000 tons of beans. Today, the worst hit areas are the west and east of the country, spanning the Secco called Corridor, an area hard hit by famine and characterized the dull soil and the scarcity of rain.
"Here, the majority of families have lost half the crop, that from September to December, and remain five or six months without corn. Now will have to buy at high prices not to mention the difficulties in getting a job" ha affermato García. Secondo la FAO, una famiglia guatemalteca di sei membri consuma trentadue quintali di mais e sette di fagioli all’anno come parte della sua dieta, benché il rincaro dei prezzi li obblighi a diminuire il loro consumo. In Guatemala, in realtà, il tasso di denutrizione cronica infantile è del 49,3%, il più alto dell'America Latina ed uno dei maggiori del mondo, secondo il Fondo di Nazioni Unite per l'Infanzia (UNICEF). Ma la volatilità dei prezzi delle granaglie non è un problema esclusivo del Guatemala, ma colpisce principalmente i più poveri.
"Gli ultimi episodi di volatilità estrema dei prezzi nei mercati agricoli mondiali presagiscono maggiori e più frequenti minacce alla sicurezza alimentare mondiale", conclude la relazione della FAO. I fenomeni meteorologici estremi, una maggiore dipendenza dal commercio internazionale per soddisfare le necessità della popolazione ed una domanda crescente di altri settori colpiscono il sistema alimentare, secondo lo studio. Di modo che è necessario proteggere i più vulnerabili con riserve alimentari di emergenza e, a lungo termine, aumentare la produttività delle coltivazioni più competitive e sostenibili, e incoraggiare la differenziazione nutrizionale, aggiunge.
Combattere la fame è complesso in Guatemala se si prende in considerazione che il salario minimo non basta nemmeno per coprire le spese di sussistenza. Malgrado il governo del socialdemocratico Álvaro Colom abbia increased from 1 January 2011 to $ 273 monthly minimum wage agricultural and non agricultural, and $ 257 to workers of the textile industry, which comprises vital reaches $ 490, according to the National Institute of Statistics. This includes costs for food, clothing, housing, education, health, transport and other goods and services for a family of five. José
Cubur of non-governmental Committee of Peasant Unity, told IPS that increases in the minimum wage have always been "very low", while the prices of the basket increased vitality, without ceasing. "Time is not reached agreement to increase the minimum wage between entrepreneurship and trade unions. In the end, the President declared an increase, but very limited, "when he should at least cover the basket of life, he said. The union leader Victoriano Zacarias told IPS that establishes the minimum wage in the country," but not realized as with many laws . To this union, the real minimum wage should be $ 490 today. "So we would be fighting hunger, illiteracy, health and violence," he said.
Luis Linares non-governmental Association for Investigation and Studies Social added that if there were no minimum wage, wages are still lower in the country. However, he estimated that this wage is not equivalent to the basic basket to secure vital to have considered other factors, such as productivity, the general state of wages, the business situation, inflation, and others. "Otherwise it would be very difficult for companies to pay it," he says. In fact, with the last salary increase, Guatemalan entrepreneurs have announced the dismissal of thousands of workers, on the grounds that it is impossible to pay them. To improve the economy and fight poverty, the State must create decent jobs, which is to improve the training of workers and improve conditions for business, says Linares.
Adital 02/02/11
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