Credits for fruit farmers from the Alto Valle came at the end of the harvest, but they still serve: “We have to go into debt to continue working,” lamented leader Sebastián Hernández.

The situation facing the Argentine fruit sector is so complex that any life jacket is well received. The Federation of Producers of Río Negro and Neuquén, in conjunction with the provincial administrations, announced that it is already effective to launch a credit scheme to support small and medium producers, at zero rate and fast management. “It is a matter of giving the okay and starting the registration,” said the president of the entity Seba…