Area
El Salvador
Commodity Group
Grains
Commodity
Maize
Date
29/03/2020
Policy Category
Stocks
Policy Instrument
Food stocks policy, government purchase
Description
Government purchased around 50 000 tonnes of white maize to boost its national strategic reserves. The purchase aims to guarantee supplies of the country\'s staple food amid the COVID-19 pandemic and will be released only in case of need.
