In Spain, farmers protest in Madrid in defense of a professional CAP and fair prices

Published 2021년 9월 15일

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Approximately 400 farmers from various regions in Spain, including the Valencian Community and Castilla-La Mancha, staged a protest in front of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) headquarters in Madrid. The farmers brought along agricultural produce and tractors to draw attention to their demands for a fair Food Chain Law and a better Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). They are urging the government to define an 'active farmer' criterion that would allow more farmers to benefit from the future CAP aid. Additionally, they called for the approval of a law to allow farmers to elect representatives, as the last such election was in 2002. The farmers also highlighted the need for the government to address the issue of selling at a loss and to ensure fair pricing in distribution chains with a market share exceeding 8%.

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The concentration has counted, according to the organizers, with about 400 producers from the Valencian Community, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Madrid, Extremadura, Andalusia, Galicia, Cantabria and La Rioja, mainly. The assistants have placed two tractors from Castilla-La Mancha in front of the MAPA headquarters and bags and boxes of potatoes, carrots, grapes, lettuce and other foods and beverages for which the producers assure that they receive low prices. "The great distribution: enough to ruin the field! For a fair Food Chain Law ”and“ Now yes… the CAP for farmers and democracy in the countryside ”were the two main slogans of the banners that have been unfolded at the rally, in which the protesters' whistles were constant. In statements to the media, the state coordinator of UdU, José Manuel de las Heras, has assured that the protest is, above all, to demand from the Ministry a definition of "active farmer" that encourages the aid of the future CAP to ...

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