Spain: An urgent shock plan to confront the lemon crisis in Alicante

The lemon is going through a serious crisis that is pushing hundreds of farmers in our province to abandonment due to not being able to provide a commercial outlet. "We can't even cut them from the tree because it means a cost that is impossible to bear," says the president of ASAJA Alicante, José Vicente Andreu, who adds that this problem is more significant in the Vega Baja region, where 40% is cultivated. of the total national lemon production. Faced with this bleak panorama, the agricultural entity considers that the State government and Brussels, far from ensuring the future of agriculture, are legislating against the sector, imposing restrictions that limit its development. For this reason, it urges the Department of Agriculture to urgently implement an exceptional and exclusive shock plan for lemons, since there is danger in a crop that represents 50% of the agricultural income of the province of Alicante and is a authentic engine for its economy. These exceptional measures ...