Spain: The Extremaduran cherry demands better insurance in Madrid after losing 40% of its harvest

Published 2024년 7월 17일

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Ignacio Huertas, general secretary of UPA-Extremadura, reported significant losses in cherry crops due to May and June rains, amounting to 15 million kilos of cherries and 30 million euros for farmers for the second year in a row. A meeting in Madrid led to the formation of a working group to evaluate agricultural insurance in Extremadura. Huertas criticized the current insurance system as inadequate and costly, with reduced compensations. The sector demands substantial reforms in cherry insurance and aid, advocating for agricultural insurance to serve as income maintenance. Presently, only 14% of the cherry-growing area in Extremadura is insured.

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This was explained this Tuesday in Madrid by the general secretary of UPA-Extremadura, Ignacio Huertas, moments before entering the face-to-face meeting of the cherry insurance working group. The person in charge from Extremadura has traveled to the capital to inform the State Agrarian Insurance Entity (Enesa) of the "serious" situation that this crop is experiencing. According to Huertas, the rains in May and June have caused a situation "similar" to that of last year, when around 80% of production was lost. In total, this year's losses mean that around 15 million kilos of cherries have not been picked, which represents about 30 million euros of loss for cherry farmers "for the second consecutive year," he added. As a conclusion to the meeting, the head of UPA-Extremadura detailed to Efeagro that it has been agreed to create a specific working group for Extremadura to assess the conditions of this territory regarding agricultural insurance. Improve agricultural insurance And in ...

Source: Mercados