The price of some products in the basic food basket has risen, due to different factors such as bad weather, the closure of some roads and their poor condition, and because of this, the transportation of the products has also risen because some Trucks get damaged, and repairs are included in the cost of the food transportation race, causing producers to have to pay more, increasing the price of food such as fruits, vegetables, among others. Rising prices of products. Rising prices of products.
Context. Thus, one of the products that has risen the most are potatoes, corn, tomatoes and onions. “The potato is one of the key ingredients for all the preparations of the mountain people, the quintal of potatoes is quite expensive, since it is from twenty dollars to twenty five dollars; Similarly, the onion, I bought six onions for one dollar and not even the Ecuadorian onion, but the Peruvian one”, announced Cristina Ramírez, who was shopping at the fair.
Situation. On the other hand, Marianita S., a vendor at the ‘Simón Bolívar’ market, stated: “unfortunately, we have had to raise the price of these products because transportation has increased, apart from the fact that the weather has not helped and some fellow producers have lost quite a few you harvest this time.”