They denounce the scandalous price differences between the field and the distribution and what the consumer pays in Spain

Fruits

Vegetables

Spain

Published Jul 13, 2022

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The Union of Farmers and Ranchers Unions has produced an analysis that demonstrates the scandalous differences in the prices of some fruit and vegetable products from their departure from the field at origin to their arrival on the distribution shelves at their destination, all in a context of high inflation motivated in part by the high prices of food and also energy. The agrarian organization has chosen some fruit and vegetable products and has compared their price at origin in the field with official data, later in the wholesale markets (mercas) and intermediaries and finally in distribution. The data reveals that, in this exorbitant increase in food, the producers are the ones who bear the brunt. In this sense, it can be seen that farmers do not benefit much less to the same extent as the other links in the agri-food chain with quite evident inequalities between them and

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The Union of Farmers and Ranchers Unions has produced an analysis that demonstrates the scandalous differences in the prices of some fruit and vegetable products from their departure from the field at origin to their arrival on the distribution shelves at their destination, all in a context of high inflation motivated in part by high prices for food and also for energy. The agrarian organization has chosen some fruit and vegetable products and has compared their price at origin in the field with official data, later in the wholesale markets (mercas) and intermediaries and finally in distribution. The data reveals that, in this exorbitant increase in food, the producers are the ones who bear the brunt. In this sense, it can be seen that farmers do not benefit much less to the same extent as the other links in the agri-food chain with quite obvious inequalities between them. The increase occurs between intermediaries and distribution. If one of the seasonal products that has been ...

Source: InfoAgro