Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
02/12/2014
This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.
transparent image
With high temperature products arrive to get up to 25 % more expensive for the consumer
DAY
Rio - The extreme heat and lack of rain have made prices of vegetables , fruits and vegetables soar in the city , pointed weekly survey of the Municipality of Rio at fairs and markets . Broccoli knocked tomato that always pulled high values , and became the villain with an increase of 25 % early this year .
Marsilia Maria dos Santos, 76, says it is hard to reconcile rent, food and basic costs
Photo: Fabio Gonçalves / Agency Day
The product is followed by cauliflower , up 19.33% , banana silver, 17.7% , and spinach , 14.29 % . Watercress, lettuce, cabbage bertalha and common , for example , have risen , on average , 10.86 % in the period . Among the vegetables , the highlight was the chayote , an increase of 9.22% .
President of the Commercial Association of Producers and Users of Ceasa , Rio Grande and São Gonçalo ( Acegri ) , Waldir Lemos warns of a likely increase in the price of tomatoes. " Because of the heat and lack of rain values rose , but the tomato , which was always the villain increases , rose less than the other products. But it may go up , "said Lemos .
According to him , by maturing faster due to high temperatures , the fruit is not stored , which , as the leader , is a real concern may be missing soon, leading to the high price .
The retired Jorgina da Silva , 75, also gets angry every time you go shopping at fairs and retail shops . " I do not understand the chayote , it is only water, costing £ 6 if I bought for less than £ 2 last year." She explains that she is struggling to supply the refrigerator . " I'm retired I feel like the skin is complicated paying so expensive shopping and earning so little ," he said . According to the survey of the town hall , chayote rose 9.22% in the marketplaces and the market 20.60% .
A resident of the District of Fatima , Marsilia Maria dos Santos , 76, has complained about the high price of other products , such as fruit . " Who will buy the $ 15 Grape ? " Questions . She said she can not reconcile the payment of rent , to buy food and other basic costs .
"I'm rationing everything at home , I am unable to give my money on vegetables so expensive , I'm leaving eating these products," he said. She shares the house with her husband and daughter and ensures that no division of expenditure would be impossible to shop .
Donations may decrease
The Supply Center of the State of Rio de Janeiro ( RJ - Ceasa ) develops a few years ago the Food Bank program. The aim is to collect , process and distribute food that are not in ideal conditions of merchantability, but are still fit for consumption , said the chairman of the Commercial Association of Producers and Users Ceasa , Rio Grande and São Gonçalo ( Acegri ) , Waldir de Lemos .
The project has around 80 registered institutions , including the Police Pacification Units Rocinha and Turano . Among collectors and food handlers and drivers to make the distribution , the program brings together 25 people .
In the future , the idea is to also receive donations from supermarkets and large retail stores and wholesalers. " With the high prices , traders are buying less to prevent waste , which can make donations be compromised ," says Lemos .
High temperatures cause losses of farm
Grocers in the industry , the impact of the dry and hot climate is quite visible. Tomatoes, for example, that the survey of the Municipality of Rio rose by 11.78 % , is with accelerated maturation, which reduces their lifespan and quality . Have potatoes , down 12.75% , has been taken with the darker shell, which is usually less preferred by the consumer.
Have lettuce , which rose 10.86 % in price has been affected by low humidity , causing the leaves harden and burn with the high temperatures . This scenario has caused many losses of vegetables in the fields, transportation and wholesale .
Wholesale even report losses of up to 40 % of fillers lettuce , for example. Regarding fruit , the banana is the most feel the effects of heat because it ripens too fast and ends up spoiling .
With bright sunshine and no rain , all commodities - hardwoods , vegetables and fruits - end up rotting and causing more losses to farmers .
According to economist André Braz , Fundação Getulio Vargas ( FGV ) , the consumer should not worry about the impact of these increases on inflation . According to him , this move will not impact the Consumer Price Index ( CPI ) , as the increase caused by the drought and now paste it tends to normalize during the rainy season .
Reporting by Martha Imanes
Source : The Day - Online
Our news are taken in full from our partner sites . For this reason , we can not change their content even in cases of typos .
This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.