Spain: Onions and potato prices plummet in the field and multiply by ten to the consumer

Published 2021년 5월 20일

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The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-Asaja) has highlighted significant issues in the Spanish agri-food chain, with a focus on the disparity between production costs and selling prices for onions and potatoes. Local producers are facing significant financial challenges as they struggle with prices that are only 40% of their production costs, while consumers are paying prices that are up to ten times higher. The introduction of foreign imports, especially from New Zealand following the Suez Canal blockade, has worsened the situation. AVA-Asaja's head, Salvador Sabater, points out the environmental concerns and quality issues associated with imported products, advocating for the prioritization of local, fairly priced products to reduce the environmental impact and support local farmers. AVA-Asaja's president, Cristóbal Aguado, criticizes the political class for allowing unregulated imports and calls for a shift towards local, environmentally sustainable agriculture.

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The current campaign of onions and potatoes has once again exposed the serious imbalances that prevail in the agri-food chain. The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-Asaja) warns that the prices that commercial operators are offering to producers have plummeted in recent weeks to the point of being 40% below production costs. Meanwhile, those quotes are multiplied by up to tenfold from field to consumer. After a difficult start with spring onion, the dry onion harvest was characterized by a recovery in prices. So much so that AVA-Asaja reported a wave of robberies in several Valencian regions coinciding with the highest demand. However, the introduction of foreign imports, especially from New Zealand, which also arrived in Europe suddenly due to the accidental blockade of the Suez Canal, is being used by trading companies as a pretext to push prices downward. indigenous production. Proximity and quality The head of the vegetable sector of AVA-Asaja, Salvador Sabater, confirms ...

Source: Valencia Fruits