Abel Andrés Aparicio

Abel Andrés Aparicio serves as the director of Agriculture at the Ministry of Agricultural Development (Mida) in Panama. He has been a key figure in discussions surrounding the national rice production, emphasizing the strength of the current inventory despite a slight decrease in acreage planted. Aparicio has articulated that the decision to import rice is not solely in the hands of the government but requires consensus among all stakeholders in the agricultural chain.