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Rice Farmers and the Colombian Government Reach an Agreement to Regulate Grain Prices After an 11-Day Strike.
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Associated Press BOGOTA (AP) — The Colombian government and rice producers reached an agreement Thursday to establish a minimum purchase price for rice, after the union protested by blocking roads for 11 days due to production losses. Under the agreement, released by the government, rice producers agreed to lift the intermittent roadblocks they had maintained in at least eight departments, which affected mobility nationwide, as well as freight a…
The government and members of the National Rice Strike Committee reached an agreement this Thursday that ended the farmers' strike that had blocked several regions of the country since July 14, in protest against the economic conditions faced by farmers due to oversupply and low rice prices. According to the Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior, the agreement reached focuses on a draft resolution establishing a minimum purchase …
Government and rice growers reach an agreement and put an end to the national strike. Image: Courtesy MinAgricultura. The Government of Colombia announced that, within the framework of the process of dialogue with the mobilized producers, an agreement has been reached to lift the rice strike. The basis of the agreement is a resolution that establishes a minimum purchase price for green paddy rice, which will allow progress in urgent and structur…
The strike of ricegrowers is over and blockades will be lifted in Bogotá and the rest of the country sebrodriguez Thu, 24/07/2025 - 17:44 Scfajardo Author The ministries of Agriculture, Trade and Interior, the Government and the National Committee of the Rice Paro signed an agreement with which the national strike initiated on 14 July is terminated.The document includes seven commitments, including the regulation of the price of green paddy rice…
The Ministry of Agriculture and rice organizations have prepared a draft resolution that materializes the agreements to lift a strike that completes 11 days. The document, according to negotiators, is being reviewed by the Superintendency of Industry and Trade (SIC). According to rice growers, the agreement includes setting minimum price controls for rice loads according to geographical considerations. This was one of the main demands of rice gr…
The Minister of Agriculture, Martha Carvajalino, announced that the National Government is close to reaching a final agreement with rice producers, after three consecutive days of negotiations to overcome the crisis that has kept the sector unemployed since July 14. During the night of July 23, the official confirmed that a resolution proposal to regulate the price of green paddy rice, a mechanism designed to protect the production chain and gua…
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