Spain: Nuts are left out of Aragonese aid

Published Sep 23, 2022

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The government of Aragon, Spain, has announced an exceptional aid for sweet fruit farms in the region due to the impact of the Ukraine war and local frosts. The aid application period has started, but the agricultural organization UAGA-COAG has expressed satisfaction with the announcement despite the budget being insufficient and the exclusion of nuts from the aid. The organization also highlighted the sector's significant losses due to low temperatures and emphasized the economic importance of almond trees in dry land areas like Bajo Aragón. UAGA-COAG has pledged to continue advocating for measures to support the dried fruit sector.

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Order AGM/1286/2022 has already been published in the Official Gazette of Aragon, for the exceptional granting of direct surface aid to sweet fruit farms in Aragon, and whose application period opened yesterday. These aids are granted due to the impact of the war in Ukraine and the frosts in Bajo Cinca, Caspe, Valdejalón and Calatayud. The agrarian organization UAGA-COAG, has shown its satisfaction with the publication of the aid although the budget allocation is insufficient to cover the needs of the farms, but above all, it considers that this call is clouded by the exclusion of Nuts as beneficiaries. of these aids. UAGA-COAG points out that dried fruit is a sector that this year has also suffered from the low temperatures that have caused the loss of 80% of production. The almond tree in dry land is a traditional ...

Source: Agrodigital