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The UPA and the madrilenian COAG criticize "sectarian and undemocratic" attitude of the regional government to impose criteria of only agricultural organization
18/04/2011
April 18, 2011
The Union of small farmers and ranchers in Madrid (UPA Madrid) and the Association of farmers and ranchers Independientes de Madrid (agim-coag) have criticized that the Government of the community of Madrid rejected implementing a symbolic drop of 10% of the fees which must pay farmers to make use of the pastures and rastrojerasignoring the majority of representative organizations.
(After a vote in the Board of livestock development of the community of Madrid, held last Thursday, four of the five organizations of the Madrid field UPA Madrid, AGIM-COAG, Ugama and Gaia) were in favour of the descent, while only one opposed (Asaja).
"Rates remain unchanged for four years, and organizations trying to reduce them as a symbolic gesture of support to farmers, something that Asaja Madrid and the regional government have prevented", stressed Ivanna Martínez, Secretary General of AGIM-COAG. For its part, Jesus Anchuelo, Secretary general of UPA Madrid stressed that "the situation of farmers is so critical that everything that can be done is little to save the sector."
The UPA Madrid and AGIM-COAG have wanted to highlight that the proposal would not result in prejudice to owners of land and yes a little relief for farmers, faced a situation of increasingly higher production costs and prices of their products lower in origin.
