60 producers of Nardorcortt fruit, which is usually exported fresh, have had the most losses as they have lost 4,000 tons, out of the 11,500 tons they harvest, and they were only able to harvest some 3,000 tons. The remainder of the fruit will be impossible to place in foreign markets, because of the fruit's current conditions.
According to the head of the Agroindustrial Cooperative of Misiones Limitada, Jorge Kappaunn, they have lost more than two million pesos because of the fallen fruit; more than a million pesos because of changes in destinations, and more than a million and a half pesos because of postharvest problems. Minister Carlos Casamiquela committed to providing assistance for the producers under the emergency law.
In this sense, according to Nestor Ortega, minister of Agriculture and Production, the province is already studying the situation to determine the specific damage in each case and in each of the productions so that the government can help the sector and the economy of Misiones.
Source: nearural.com