Spain: Farmers prefer to distribute 3,000 kg of lemons among neighbors rather than give them away to speculators at ruinous prices, says UPA Málaga

A crop in danger of extinction. The citrus sector in Malaga is suffering from unprecedented prices that are at the origin of ruin. So much so that the producers today preferred to distribute 3,000 kilos of lemons among citizens in the Plaza de la Marina rather than “give them away” to speculators. The general secretary of UPA Málaga, Francisco Moscoso, was accompanied by more than a dozen farmers in an event intended to denounce the unsustainable situation of a sector that has to see how it receives ruinous prices at source while the Consumers pay up to five times more in large stores. “We are receiving 0.20 cents per kilo, while production costs rise to 0.35 cents. Clearly we are in a situation of loss of profitability. Something that does not translate, however, on the shelves, since in large stores the price ranges between 1.49 euros per kilo and 3.46 euros. It is something unsustainable,” denounces Francisco Moscoso. Given this situation, UPA Málaga has distributed 3,000 kilos ...