Spain: The Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers criticizes that ministerial forecasts for nuts ignore family farms, dry land, and organic

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has published its forecasts for the production of nuts in this 2024 campaign. UPA denounces that “the figures from the department headed by Luis Planas speak of a 17% increase in production compared to 2023, a figure that ignores the harsh reality suffered by family farms, which are mostly dry and many of them organic, also located in areas with few productive alternatives”. UPA has demanded a rectification from the Ministry, since in the summary of forecasts it “directly ignores” the reality of the production area that is having the worst time, such as the provinces of Granada and Almería, which have lost up to 70% of the harvest of a normal year. Family farmers of nuts consider themselves ignored by the Administrations and, in the case of Andalusia, have even demonstrated to demand direct aid against the drought. Aid that, once announced by the Junta de Andalucía, has been described as ridiculous and insufficient UPA has been ...