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Minister of agriculture and water requires State and European regulatory measures for the field
20/11/2009
November 20, 2009
The Minister of agriculture and water, Antonio Cerdá, demanded yesterday the central Government and the European Union "to take measures to alleviate the crisis in the agricultural sector to the lack of profitability of farms and the low sensitivity of administrations". Cerdá warned that the current situation of agriculture "is not temporary". As a result, the Minister of agriculture and water urged the Government to take "urgent decisions dealing with the problems financial and price volatility, as well as a Community agricultural policy favored European products". In addition, Cerdá clarified that the strike called by the agrarian organizations shows the "tired" producers crisis the"exceptional" experiencing all the agricultural areas affected by the fall in prices. "Farmers not can continue to sell their products below cost of production, because its activity is unsustainable", he criticized. "The farmer does not want to live off subsidies - hue-, but its work and its production". Before convened hours of unemployment in all Spain today, the Minister of agriculture and water has shown its support for the sector. The protest ends with a demonstration next Saturday in Madrid.
