Despite having a high price for their raw materials (currently 46 euro cents/lt), and the support of the government to promote the consumption of milk and the development of the activity, favoring the proliferation of gigatambos; the scarcity of fertile land (only 7% of total area has agricultural capacity) and fresh water combined with the high costs of production (doubled the costs argentines due to the need to import foods that can occur, for example, the 100,000 tons of alfalfa/year purchased to the united States) conspiring against the longed-for self-sufficiency.
As we see in the following graph, the population growth (+0.5% per annum) and the economic development combine to promote the increased consumption of dairy products (+1.5% per year) year after year, to widen the gap with the production (which would grow at a rate of +1% per annum, far away from the +5% planned by the Government oriental in 2016), 11% from 2016 to +20% for 2023, and almost 30% for 2030:
