Miller Magazine Issue: 124 April 2020

Venezuela 87 MILLER / APRIL 2020 Declining grain availability squeezing the diet of Venezuelans The economic deterioration Venezuela is currently facing is driving changes in agricultural production, adjustments to consumption patterns, and unprecedented demographic shifts. The Maduro government now finds itself unable to import fuel, purchase basic commodities, or maintain long-standing social programs at existing levels. Unless the Venezuelan government undertakes massive economic and political reforms, production and consumption of traditional grain crops will drop further.