Price:%s reaches that oil hardly strengthen surveillance in the fields of your province Alicante on the side Civil Guard due to fear that thefts will increase in the olive sector. More patrols, Controls in oil factories and request citizen cooperation These were the main recommendations of the meeting with the oil industry held this week as the campaign launched. The Civil Guard found great concern among manufacturers who fear the impact of theft more than ever before, but insist the data shows:The situation is far from alarming.
This is a campaign that has also been carried out with other products during the harvest period. It started in a few weeks Vinalopó grape and took over the position in his own time cherry harvestAlthough it is in a very inadequate situation this year drought. The olive harvest started a few weeks ago and in a panorama price increase almost 40 Due to the oil shortage, there will be a special device that will prevent 100 percent theft. First of all, considering that oil has become a luxury product at crazy prices and the harvest in Alicante is expected to be good this year. Despite Andalusia remains the main producer of olive oil Although Alicante’s harvest figures are far from those of this community, it is considered that production will be good in both El Comtat and Marina Alta regions this year. Especially after last year, there were many losses due to drought. It’s the perfect breeding ground for friends with other people’s interests to try to get a share.
For this reason, a special device was installed after a meeting attended by farmers as well as other organizations such as cooperatives and oil factories. The barracks of both for this campaign Cocentaina from Muro de AlcoyMeanwhile he Rock Team of the Civil GuardThe company, which is based in Ibi and specializes in rural robberies, will also increase surveillance in areas devoted to olive cultivation. However, controls will also be tightened to ensure that the goods in oil factories are of legal origin.
Although the Civil Guard will make efforts to monitor areas susceptible to product theft, the safety of citizens was also taken into account. “We’re talking about small towns where everyone knows each other. “There are even people who come from outside and work in one of the farms,” he explained to this newspaper. Teresa Alemany, technician Alicante Young Farmers Association (Asaja). One of the ways to facilitate citizen cooperation in this way is to Make sure there are no suspicious vehicles. And if you spot any, don’t confront them directlyInstead inform the Civil Guard and provide them with all the information they can take photos of if possible so they can do their job.
Small and scattered plots
Alemany emphasized that sometimes it is difficult for farmers to take their own safety precautions, “because We are not talking about big farms. where all the olive trees are concentrated. They are quite small and scattered, very far apart.. “It’s not possible to fence them all here on the mountain,” he said.
Other checkpoints are oil factories where potential thieves may try to dispose of stolen goods. For this reason, controls will be tightened while documents proving where the olives come from will be requested. At this meeting, agencies gave instructions to oil factories About the documents that must be requested when a shipment of olives enters. He explained that, especially in the case of a carrier transporting the harvest of a third party, he must present both the documentation of the farm from which the product comes and the transport permit. Hugo Quintanilla Asaja is responsible for the olive oil sector. Likewise, inspections will be carried out at oil mills to verify the origin of the breed they have, so it is also important that they have all the necessary documentation.
«The Security Guards made it clear to us: This isn’t about bothering us or not letting us do our job.but to make it visible that they are there to help us with whatever we need,” Alemany said.
Civil Guard sources have now revealed that There was no excessive increase in olive thefts. “We have evidence of only one complaint since the campaign started and the perpetrator was identified and arrested and his gender was also identified,” these sources said. Although it is found that there is a lot of alarm in the industry, it is too much for the real situation. There is talk of colleagues among farmers who discovered that a group of strangers had taken away the entire harvest in a truck over a weekend.
social alert
like municipalities Vila Joiosa In order to prevent these fruits from being lost in this famine scenario, they decided to give neighbors the authority to collect olives from public areas. To do this you previously had to register with a registry. They are the same collectors must provide documentationUnless they want to encounter an uncomfortable situation if Benemérita requires it. “Some found that the olive tree allocated to them was empty,” Quintanilla said, adding that oil factories had difficulty verifying that the cargo they carried conformed to the documents provided.
From Benemérita currently thought to be He said robberies were not out of control but preventive measures were being taken precisely to prevent them from being blamed.
Estimated 8,000 tons of oil
oil production Alicante province could reach 8,000 tonnes this yearAccording to the forecasts of the last meeting of the Asaja oil sector. A number that is far from too much Half a million tonnes are planned in Andalusia or 65,000 tonnes in ExtremaduraHowever, it helps alleviate the fear of shortage of this product, which has been going on for months and prices have skyrocketed due to shortage.
While the number is good, Asaja also analyzes the data cautiously. «Yields are below normal this year, between ten and twelve percent, Hugo Quintanilla, head of the Asaja oil sector in Alicante, explained to this newspaper: “In other years the normal rate was between 14 and 17 percent.” To get a liter of oil On average, 4 to 5 kilos of olives are needed. This low yield causes more kilos of olives to be needed to obtain the same amount. from a situation Farmers blame the weather. Temperatures were very extreme this summer, but initially it seemed to have no effect on the crop.
Asaja technician Tere Alemany pointed out that campaigns are starting earlier and earlier due to weather conditions. It’s already started. «When the weather is strange and you want to recover those aromas, those wild flavors, the best quality oil is made from green. That’s why we start earlier every time,” he explained. Organic oil is the first start and then it’s time for the traditional. «This year a certain variety failed; Some olive trees in the same parcel do not have the relevant load. But last year the harvest was zero because some trees were damaged and had no leaves or fruit,” Alemany said.
Valencian Community According to the estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fourth in Spain, where better harvests are expectedWith 18,194 tons. Alicante will be the one expecting to reap the best harvest from the three provinces in the campaign, which will end at the beginning of December. A short but effective campaign.