There was a suggestive coincidence in the pre-election space of Spain and Ecuador, farmers and writers discovered in the campaign for the election of the President of the Government and the Republic, on July 23 and August 20, respectively, that issues related to agriculture have no place in political discussions, while in both countries this activity is crucial for development; Of course, with big differences, because while the mother country enjoys an excellent budget to support its privileged agricultural activity, in these parts there is a lack of public funds for its promotion, so much so that fiscal allocations do not even reach 1%, while Hispanics receive six billion dollars only in direct aid from the European Union, although the beneficiaries consider it insufficient. The former presidential candidate in the last election was right when he told us that he had acquaintances who spent their time in coffee shops waiting for their allocation to be recognized and without planting because they were qualified as farmers.

Nationally, We will remain in anticipation of the approach that the candidates will take, there we will know if agriculture is at the center of their concerns, We will verify this with complete certainty in the debate between the eight candidates that will be held on August 13, for which five thematic axes have been defined, which, although the agrarian case is not included in them, can be exposed on the occasion of the topic “economic regime, job creation and productive development”, and if they do not do this, the moderator must order them to declare specifically about the main economic and social determination, where is the future of our country.

What will they propose in terms of technological innovation to search for new varieties of perennial or short-duration crops, with greater productivity and resistance to pests, diseases and the effects of climate change, in an increasingly warming world, interspersed between uncontrolled floods and oppressive droughts? What resources will be available to achieve this, not only in the immediate future, but also forecasting the agricultural sector to almost 2030, with the challenge of achieving zero hunger by then and examining the furthest to 2050 when the world population approaches 10,000 million. What plans are planned for the regeneration of soil worn out by all kinds of aberrations? What actions are foreseen to reduce food waste (almost a million tons per year) in accordance with the “empty stomach law” which contains the obligation of everyone to achieve this, with interesting incentives? Since it had no regulations, it became, like others, a “law on paper”.

Regarding the marketing of products, which is well classified as the biggest weakness of the sector, what will he propose to reverse the national injustices and those imposed from outside due to unfair prices for them, the basic elements for the survival of the nation and the maintenance of dollarization due to devalued agricultural exports. (OR)