Onion farmers in Spain face the most critical situation of the century due to a lack of buyers and unsustainable prices

Published 2024년 5월 30일

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Onion farmers in Malaga, Spain, are facing a crisis due to an oversupply, low prices, and the import of foreign onions. The situation has led to a surplus of onions with no buyers and insufficient market regulation. Farmers are left with a crop they cannot sell, leading to significant losses. Cooperatives are attempting to find solutions, and ASAJA Málaga is advocating for the purchase of national products to support the local economy and agriculture. The organization is also urging buyers to make accurate purchase forecasts to address the current market uncertainty.

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Onion farmers face the most critical situation of the century due to lack of buyers and unsustainable prices. Currently, traditional early onion farmers in the province of Malaga have found themselves in the most complicated situation experienced so far this century. “On this occasion, it is not that their product has no price, it is that there is not even anyone who wants to buy it. Or if they do, it is at a ridiculous price that does not cover even half of the cost of collection. This is further proof of the ineffectiveness of the Food Chain Law, which is called into question every time an agricultural product enters into problematic market situations,” said the president of ASAJA Málaga, Baldomero Bellido. The causes that lead to this situation are several. The main one would be an excess of production, in addition to a year of good harvests with new areas and farmers who have seen an alternative to the evolution of the crop-price in recent years. Added to this is the lack of ...

Source: Agroinformacion