The Agrarian Organization Farmers Union He has claimed at Department of Agriculture of the Generalitat of Catalonia the implementation of a Urgent plan to recover productive potential of trees affected by drought In the regions of the Field of Tarragona and the Terres de l’Ebrewith special mention to the municipality of Margalefwhere could not be watering for critical months for crop survival.
Severe agricultural losses: 1,800 hectares of dry trees
Las serious droughts of 2023 and 2024 They have had devastating consequences for the agriculture of these areas. According to union data, they have caused the Death of approximately 1,800 hectares of treesmostly Avellanosalthough other crops such as the Sweet fruithe olivethe van and the almond. The lack of water for prolonged periods has led to the collapse of family farms, with a loss of profitability that threatens the continuity of the local agrarian tissue.
Unió de pagesos demands an immediate aid order
In this context, Union representatives delivered to those responsible for the territorial services of Agriculture in Tarragona a document with their claims. The most urgent: The publication of an aid order that collects The union proposal and contemplate compensation for those Farmers who have suffered income losses greater than 30 % per crop due to drought.
The union insists that You can’t keep waitingand criticize that After two and a half years there is still no official plan to start and replant dead treeswhich blocks productive recovery and aggravates the abandonment of the field.
You aid to nuts: from € 225 to € 165 per hectare
Another of the conflict points is the management of Financial Aid by droughtthat Union of Farmers recounts of slow, insufficient and erratic. In particular, the union has denounced that, in the case of Nutshe agreed in the last Agrarian table a Help of 225 euros per hectarebut what Subsequently it has been reduced to only 165 euros per hectare. This reduction is considered unacceptableespecially when The sector needs urgent liquidity to face the next agrarian campaign.
-Claim for pending payments and irrigation claims
In addition to direct aid to affected crops, Unió de pagesos has also protested by the delay in the payments of drought aids in all the affected areas of Cataloniaand has reiterated its demand that They fulfill the agreed commitments at the Agrarian Bureauboth in terms of amounts as delivery deadlines.
Another axis of its claims is the need to Accelerate the works of the Reusing Reuse Clea Service Station of Reusinfrastructure that the union considers Key to guarantee agricultural irrigation and prioritize the Water supply in the municipalities most beaten by the drought.
Conclusion: The field asks for solutions, no promises
The agricultural regions of the Field of Tarragona y Terres de l’Ebre They are in a situation criticism. Dead trees, the Lack of enough aidthe delay in the Publication of structural measures And the absence of a Concrete recovery plan They are taking many small and medium producers to the limit.
Lanza Farmers Union An Alert clear to institutions: It is urgent to act with political willNot only with speeches. If fair aid, rapid replantation and access to water for irrigation, are not guaranteed, The viability of the Catalan field is serious. The consequences would not only be economical, but also social and environmental, since the loss of trees and active farms would accelerate the rural abandonment and degradation of the agrarian landscape.
