The Minister of the Civil House, Rui Costasaid on Thursday (20) that food prices should fall by June this year. In an interview with the newspaper MetropolisCosta stressed that the government bets on increasing agricultural production as a strategy to reduce inflation in the food sector.
To contain this discharge, the government bets on a more robust crop in 2025.
“There is a very positive expectation that this year’s crop will be very good and that we will have decreasing prices until June, including rice, beans, which is already falling, and will continue until June,” he said Coast.
The minister’s assessment is more optimistic than the farm, which.
Food Valley Reform
In addition to inflationary pressure, the government also seeks to reduce costs for workers. The minister reported that the Ministry of Finance and the Attorney General of the Union (AGU) analyze a reformulation of the fees charged in the intermediation of the food stamp.
“What we want to do is reduce the cost of intermediation of this valley. The survey is that the cost is very high, withdrawing the worker’s appeal for financial intermediation, ”he explained.
The reformulation of the food stamp is part of a series of government measures to contain inflation and relieve the cost of living of the population, especially in the face of the still uncertain global economic scenario.
