The high official said that government estimates that the losses are greater than the sum of all other droughts that occurred in three decades.

After the first ten days of March, estimates exceed 1.8 billion dollars without including the resulting induced losses.

The minister assumes that damages will increase if it does not rain and even be felt beyond this year.

Mattos presented a new assistance to small producers who will receive an animal feed ration for cattle with a 75 percent subsidy as part of the Food Contingency Plan.

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