Spain: Community of Madrid will give aid of €100 per hectare of olive groves to help farmers against the increase in thefts

The regional government will meet on Tuesday with the Civil Guard and prepare a document proving the origin of the olives in the mills MADRID, 10 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) - The Community of Madrid will approve in the second half of the year a line of direct aid per hectare of olive groves to protect farmers against the increase in theft in this type of farm. This was announced this Friday by the councilors for the Presidency, Justice and the Interior, Enrique López, and for the Environment, Housing and Agriculture, Paloma Martín, after meeting with representatives of the professional agricultural organization ASAJA to address the "exponential increase" in thefts that These crops suffer from the increase in the price of olives. Together with the direct aid announced by the Government of the Community, which will have a budget of one million euros, the regional Administration has begun the procedures to draw up a document that certifies the origin of the olives transported for storage, ...