Spain: ASAJA asks for direct aid and changes in agricultural insurance in the face of a condition in crops of more than 150 million due to frost
Almond Kernel
Fruits
Spain
Published Apr 13, 2022
Tridge summary
The president of ASAJA, Pedro Barato, has demanded that the administrations implement effective measures so that producers can deal with the consequences of the frosts that, in some cases, have affected more than 75% of the crops in the areas of Aragon, Catalonia, La Rioja and Navarra. Other Aragonese organizations and producers also join the demand for aid, while the rejection of the proposal to reject aid to those affected by the war in Russia and Ukraine is also shown.
Original content
They are measures that are claimed against losses that are estimated at 150 million euros in Spain, according to the first estimates of Agroseguro, although the figure is presumed higher, since there are productions, such as those of the almond tree, without insuring. Specifically, the frosts that occurred between April 2 and 5 have caused damage to 75 percent of almond and fruit production in the province of Huesca, in the same proportion in some areas of Teruel and 65 percent in the province of Zaragoza, as indicated by the president of Asaja, Pedro Barato, at a press conference in the Aragonese capital, who has been accompanied by the general secretary of Asaja Aragón, Ángel Samper; the president of Asaja Lleida, Pere Roqué; the president of Asaja in La Rioja, Eduardo Pérez; and the president of the Union of Farmers and Ranchers of Navarra (UAGN), Félix Bariáin. Cheap has detailed that the "worst part" in the provinces of Huesca and Zaragoza has been for the almond tree because ...
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