The Junta de Extremadura will launch a loan financing line and flexibility measures direct aid from the Community Agrarian Policy (PAC) to deal with the damage caused by the drought in the countryside.
The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development, Population and Territory, Begoña García, has announced these measures after the meeting of the Agrarian Advisory Council of Extremadura (CAEX)held this Thursday in Mérida.
Specifically, the regional Administration will take out a line of financing loans for the acquisition of working capital, that is, so that farmers and ranchers can meet the ordinary expenses of the farms.
The economic amount of the measure and the sectors to which it will be allocated will depend on the evolution of the harvests of some crops in the coming weeks.
As he has indicated, This will be the first support measure for the Extremaduran countryside that will complement the aid established by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the European Commission.
The counselor took advantage of the meeting to share that “the Board is fully aware that they are experiencing some complex times for the fieldwith some very harsh climatic conditions, for this reason, he has asked for calm, reflection, and above all unity “
Insufficient measures for Apag- Asaja
Off Extremadura Asaja considers the measures proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture to reduce the effects of the drought “insufficient” and although it indicates that “”all proposals are welcome” They expect concrete measures such as direct aid, exemptions from Social Security contributions or reduction of the rustic IBI.
In addition, it has requested that 90 percent of the CAP be advanced to the sector in October and has announced that it will continue with its protest uninterruptedly before the door of the Presidency of the Junta de Extremadura
UPA-UCE demands “a crash plan” in May
For his part, UPA-UCE This Thursday, the Ministry of Agriculture was urged to implement a crash plan in May to alleviate the consequences of the drought that farmers and ranchers are suffering because “we cannot wait.”
Within the meeting of the Agrarian Advisory Council, the agrarian organization has raised this demand with a national, European and autonomous community budget.
Its general secretary, Ignacio Huertas, has shown his concern that the times of the Administration are not adequate “to the times of urgency that we farmers and ranchers have”.
He has insisted that it is necessary that “aid arrive, arrive as soon as possible and, above all, when it can be effective for farmers and ranchers”