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A curious notice was released to Belgian agricultural producers to the population, at Call on citizens to increase consumption of potato chips to prevent tons of this tuber from being lost.
According to Forbes, the health crisis and the closure of exports significantly reduced the consumption of this food, which is also highly desired by tourists.
To this is added that all the restaurants are with their doors closed, so there have been no major internal transactions in recent times.
That is why the potato farmers’ guild fears that they may lose 750,000 tons between April and May this year, which would have catastrophic effects on the economy.
Without going any further, from that productive sector they indicated that Belgian families should consume potato chips at least twice a week, to avoid lost production.
For now, from the Belgian government itself they committed to buy a large quantity of products to supply food banks until the end of May.
In total there would be 25 tons of potatoes a week, to support the least favored families in that country in the midst of the health and economic crisis.
It should be noted that French fries is a national dish in Belgium, where they were created in the late 18th century in the slums of Brussels.
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