Tobacco makers in Spain demand prices that cover production costs

Published 2021년 11월 10일

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Agricultural organizations in Extremadura, Spain, have pointed out a significant issue that threatens the sustainability of tobacco farming in the region. They argue that the current payment to farmers, at 2.30 euros per kilo, is significantly below the production cost of 2.75 euros, leading to a unsustainable financial situation for farmers. This problem not only risks the future of tobacco cultivation in the country, concentrated in the north of Cáceres, but also endangers the livelihoods of 20,000 families reliant on the industry. These organizations are urgently calling for a change in the industry's approach, seeking fairer prices and more stable contracts for farmers. So far, discussions with the Ministry of Agriculture and other stakeholders have not led to any resolutions, prompting the organizations to convene a meeting with all tobacco producers to address the crisis and consider further actions.

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The agricultural organizations Asaja Extremadura and UPA-UCE Extremadura and Cooperativas Agro-alimentary Extremadura have highlighted that farmers who grow tobacco in Extremadura receive a price for their production below production costs, which puts the viability of the farms at risk and the future of a sustainable crop that contributes 139 million euros to the regional economy and on which 20,000 families live, establishing the rural population. As they have explained, the cost of production of a kilo of tobacco is 2.75 euros, while the price that the industry pays to the farmer is 2.30 euros, so it is being produced at a loss and that endangers the future of cultivation at the national level, which is concentrated in the north of the province of Cáceres. "Today we do not have a commitment to multi-year contracting or fair prices and we want to ask the industry to change this dynamic, to raise the price paid to farmers and to open a line of dialogue with the sector," the ...

Source: Agrodigital