UPA on the prices of fruit in Spain: Intermediaries make a fortune while we farmers go bankrupt

Published 2022년 7월 6일

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The Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA) has criticized the rise in fruit and vegetable prices for consumers, stating that farmers do not cover costs for most sizes and that the current campaign is illogical. The UPA accuses speculative movements and breaches of the Food Chain Law, especially in the summer fruit sector. They are calling on intermediaries and distribution chains to pay a fair price and margin, and are urging the government and Autonomous Communities to increase controls to prevent abuses.

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The Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers, UPA, has denounced that, despite the rise in prices of fruit and vegetables to consumers, "farmers still do not cover costs in most sizes, with the exception of the largest size, which barely account for 20% of the total production of stone fruit (cherries, plums, peaches...)» The campaign is not working "logically", in the opinion of UPA. "We believe that behind these price increases at destination without reflection at origin there are speculative movements that seek to enrich themselves by taking advantage of the inflationary spiral," they say. Summer fruits like watermelon and cantaloupe are also falling victim to this speculation. UPA has demanded that intermediaries and the distribution chains with which they collaborate "drop this attitude, pay farmers a fair price and apply a fair margin so that consumers have easier access to fresh, more nutritious and necessary food. .” UPA believes that for yet another year the Food Chain Law is ...

Source: Agrodiario Huelva