The ridiculous prices (0.08-0.10 Euro / kg.) Forcing Spanish farmers to refuse to collect persimmons, because collecting it is no longer economically profitable. Many gardeners get rid of their gardens by cutting down and uprooting trees.
Direct speech: “No one pays attention to us; manufacturing organizations created to protect the producer and aggregate supply are traps because they serve large-scale distribution and politics.
To all this we add the invasion of goods from abroad (especially from South Africa) of some fruits and vegetables and phytosanitary restrictions in terms of using effective pesticides to control some insidious pests.
Video: Spanish gardeners uproot persimmon plantations
The situation is becoming even more dramatic and hopeless, ”says one of the affected gardeners.
Over the past years, given the great interest of Russia and Northern Europe in the Spanish persimmon, the area designated for this culture has increased significantly. Currently, more than 15 thousand hectares. busy with persimmons. In fact, many farmers decided to rebuild their land, mainly citrus groves, planting large persimmon plantations.
The increase in persimmon cultivation area caused saturation in the markets, concentration of supply, followed by a decrease in selling prices. This situation affected all manufacturers, because, especially in this campaign, they saw that they pay less and less for their product, to a little less than 0.10 euro / kg. in recent weeks.
Video: Spanish gardeners uproot persimmon plantations
Harvesting was completed within a month, but now in the gardens you can often see excavators that uproot the plantations. Other farmers get rid of trees with a chainsaw.
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