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The president says that the Common Agricultural Policy "must find the solution and not problems for farmers and provide full guarantees for the farmer gets a fair price for their work"
Notes that agriculture in Murcia "lost many a time without the support of the cooperative, which is undoubtedly the main tool to achieve the best results and, above all, to generate employment and social welfare"
The president of the Community, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, said today that the Common Agricultural Policy "must find the solution and not problems for farmers and provide full guarantees for the farmer gets a fair price for their work, providing a solid markets are increasingly volatile. "
Valcárcel XXVI General Assembly closed the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of Murcia (Fecoam) held in Bullas, and which gave the Cooperative of the Year Award to Antonio Sanchez Fernandez, of the Cooperativa Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Bullas, and Gold Badge imposed the former director of the Federation, José Antonio Ballester.
At this meeting, the president reaffirmed his commitment Valcárcel farmers sue Murcia at the European institutions that the new CAP reform, which will apply from 2014, "correct the problems that the sector is mainly the price differential is hitting hard farm incomes and a gradual abandonment of farms ", because" we want a PAC to defend the farmer, "he added.
He also stressed the urgent need to "eliminate as much red tape, because you can not legislate to complicate the task of the farmer. Farmers should be protected, not attack them."
Also considered necessary to a PAC that is more "simple and safe" and the EU to establish a "direct control" over the entrance of products that have their origin in agreements with third countries.
Valcárcel added that cooperatives "know better than anyone that the improvement in quality, value and food security is a constant in your production system, compared to third countries, and that to achieve new ways of marketing, it is necessary to adapt increase the economic and social, to improve business organization and penetrate target markets through their own distribution networks. "
FECOAM, an element "essential" to the progress of the Region
The Chief Executive stressed that Murcia Agricultural Cooperatives Federation is an "essential element" to the progress of the region, as "our agriculture could not have reached the level of excellence that can boast no qualifications, experience and work you all. "
So he said, "you show a great capacity to adapt to changing times through the practical application of the good results generated by research, knowledge and technology, factors that contribute to improving day after day, the position of agriculture in Murcia in the market. "
Agriculture in the Region of Murcia "lost many a time without the support of the cooperative, that is, without doubt, the main tool to get the best results and, above all, to prosperity and welfare," she said.
The food industry, mainly fruit and vegetables, said the president, "remains strategic for Murcia and the Spanish economy, its contribution to GDP and employment consolidation."
The contribution of agriculture to GDP and Murcia employment generated in Murcia is twice that in the other autonomous communities.
60 percent of all exports are food products at Murcia and 36 per cent of the total fruits and vegetables.
These data highlighted Valcárcel, "translate directly into the maintenance and creation of jobs and stable employment, and talk about the rationale of agriculture in Murcia."
Source: CARM
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