“if he the rural world dies So will society because it will depend on food from large agri-food corporations and investment funds that produce far away from Spain, increasing the carbon footprint and therefore polluting a lot”, said Víctor Viciedo, one of the spokesmen for SOS Rural. Said.
march Which started from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and concluded in the Plaza de Colón, is supported by professional agricultural organizations from all autonomous communities.
is vice Screamed Against the current laws of “false environmentalism”, which causes the rural world to be “abandoned”, as he explained, when specifying that there is no “generational change” for the farmers.
“They’re banning 50 percent of phytosanitary products, they want us to reduce fertilization as well, with which we’re going to produce less and that No so sustainable Because with the same amount of water we are producing less. They want to impose a production model on us with the new PAC from Ecoregimes, and they want to control everything with a digital notebook. And then, if we give up because we can’t keep up, they want to steal our land with laws that consider land acquisition, then sell it to big photovoltaic and renewable companies in general. formally,” the spokesperson condemned .
In this sense, Daniel Ruiz, one of the platform’s spokesmen, blames the fact that crisis rural It is not only a matter of the central government and autonomous communities and the “imposition” of Europe to blame. “They’re driving us out of the field, they’re making us less competitive, raising our costs, making shopping carts more expensive and even changing our productions to benefit third parties,” he said. are putting at risk.”
Regarding the drought suffered by Spain, Ruiz said that Spain also has Dry Of “ideas ” and criticized the fact that in recent decades” no hydrology policy has been implemented. waste water reuse clean the rivers and use water. In addition, we need prevention and exploitation works, irrigation modernization and politicians are not inclined to meet our demands, but they are very interested in meeting the demands of foreign countries like Morocco,” he explained.
And the director of Fundación Ingenio, Natalia Corbalan, assures that campo It is on you LIMIT ” And they see how priority sector activities are “threatened” and are committed to reaching an agreement that ensures the interconnection of the basins.
“There’s a lot of water in Spain but It is not well managed. We need to promote laws that do not allow arable hectares to be destroyed, allow irrigated hectares to produce food and exchange them for photovoltaic panels or wind turbines,” he elaborated.
