Of course change it. The economic package of 20 million euros to be allocated by the Ministry of Ecological Transition as follows Direct assistance to farmers in Campo de Cartagena Eventually there will be other buyers. This money was designed so that regional farmers could encourage a production model change on their land that would reduce the production pattern. use of fertilizers and pesticidesprevent runoff, implement environmental improvements on farms, or reduce irrigation yields. However, even if these goals are met, this aid will not go directly into the hands of individuals or companies.
Biodiversity Foundation, an organization affiliated to the Ministry of Teresa Ribera and whoever directed the search has chosen to dedicate that money to research or experimental pilot projects that want to manage both. agricultural organizations, cooperative representatives, universities, state or regional scientific institutes, municipalities or agricultural employers, among others. The information that emerges as a result of these studies should reach the producers who can apply it in the field without receiving financing.
This helpline The Ministry’s recovery plan for the Mar Menor is a grant announced from the beginning the possibility of farmers accessing the call. This situation disturbed the primary sector agriculture and employer organizations in the Region, which were also members of the working group, which was formed to reach an agreement on how these aids would be structured and held its last meeting last month.
The call indicates that assistance will be given to: “executing pilot projects of an experimental nature” and for “demonstrating best practices in agriculture” to “reduce impacts at the source in the Mar Menor watershed”. The design of these aids led Hugo Morán, Minister of State for the Environment, to visit the Region of Murcia twice for different meetings and even say he would take action. “parcel parcel”.
“It’s not what we expected”
Agricultural organizations consulted your ailment to this newspaper for a change of addressee. COAG assures it The first purpose was to “help”. farmers“ with this money and that this was confirmed by the Ministry in the first talks, he said. “It wasn’t what we expected.” Despite this, they will request some of this assistance to finance the research project they carry out with CEBAŞ to reduce fertilization in the field. UPA emphasizes that there is a call”does not meet target what was offered at that time was to assist the farmer directly.” They also see the need and hope for innovation and research in the field. “transfer of information” Thus, producers apply best agricultural practices.
4.7 million to offset the increase in fertilizers
The Spanish Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, will enter 4,761,939 euros into the current accounts of 4,519 agricultural business owners in the Region of Murcia this Monday, who will benefit from State aid to compensate for the increase in income. fertilizer prices. These grants include a total allocation of 280,836,010 euros for beneficiary farmers from all autonomous communities. The investment will be distributed among the 234,291 ranchers included in the definitive list published by the Spanish Agriculture Guarantee Fund on 31 March.
From pre-export They say they will submit claims to better identify potential buyers, as the draft may be controversial. “Anything that involves connecting scientific work to business is productive and looks good to us.In the first place he should have chosen to provide assistance to the farmers. and do not approve of restrictive measures such as those at the Ley del Mar Menor, or precautionary measures on the aquifer”.
agricultural parks
Offers can be received at least 300.000 Euros And up to two million and must be completed earlier. 2027. Among the ideas proposed by the Fundación Biodiversidad, agricultural parks As well as creating pilot experiences involving pesticides and water use reduction as a new productive model in the region”.
This Biodiversity Foundation claims that European regulation should be applied for this call. would hurt farmers in the distribution of aid has therefore been consideredmuch more interesting” direct help to “beneficiaries who group them”. These organizations “have the technical capacity and time to manage assistance so that larger and transformative projectswithout these limitations of the total cost, but where farmers are the recipients of actions through other types of cooperation, and the transfer of results, the dissemination of information, etc.
The foundation provides The vast majority of farmers in Campo de Cartagena “included in any institution or organization at risk In order to receive these benefits, the entire Campo de Cartagena sector is an indirect beneficiary of this line.”
COAG demands a moratorium on ‘tsunami’ of regulations in the field
The Coordinator of Farmers and Animal Breeders Organizations of Murcia (COAG) has asked the Ministry of Agriculture to delay the entry into force of new regulations on sustainable phytosanitary and nutrition and farm-related information, so that farmers “allow time for and demanding many changes”, in a press release. as reported.
In December 2022, a decree was published in the Official State Gazette setting out the new framework for action to ensure the sustainable use of phytosanitary products and sustainable nutrition in agricultural soils.
Likewise, a regulation was published that regulates the information system of agricultural and livestock enterprises and obliges them to have an autonomous registry and a digital book containing the chronology of all activities carried out there.
José Miguel Marín, head of COAG Murcia, warned that “this regulation will seriously affect the way farms are managed and agricultural practices, as it presupposes new costs that, in many cases, could make them impracticable with an impossible increase”. food production cost.
The agricultural organization therefore demanded a moratorium for the period of entry into force, scheduled for September 1, 2023, “so that there is time to clear all doubts about its implementation and avoid situations of desperation”.