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The House will urge the regional and central governments to support producers of olive (11/02/2009)

with measures to improve profitability, supply and promotion of olive |

The Plenary of the Municipal Corporation shall call upon at the regular meeting for the month of February in the central and regional government to support producers of olive with measures to improve profitability, supply and promotion of the olive grove to prevent produce a decline in the production of this product, because entrepreneurs are counting heavy losses.

Mayor's motion is based on a request from the Agricultural Partnership Coordinator-Rural Initiative (COAG-IR) Murcia through which reports on the plight of home prices currently facing the olive sector.

As indicated COAG-IR, this sector directly and indirectly generate thousands of jobs in the Region of Murcia, which covers a production area of over 22,000 hectares in the Murcia area in which are located more than 12,000 farms.

Furthermore, this production generates more than 457,000 a year and wages there are 55 mills and 40 oil companies packing.

The sector is experiencing a crisis due to rising production costs, coupled with a decline of oil prices at source exceeds 30 per cent in 2008.

The organization indicates that the current production costs of less value the vast majority of farms, and that, as of July 2008, the production of one hectare ranges between 1,500 euros and 2,500 euros, compared to the sales price in currently stands at 1.80 euros (January 2008 to 2.6 kilo sold euros).

Therefore, the House asked both the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs, as the Ministry of Agriculture and Water to urge the EU to update and activate the private storage mechanism, which creates a organization of agricultural markets and specific provisions.

You can call upon the government to protect traditional olive grove located in disadvantaged areas by improving the profitability of growers.

Also be required to endow Administration Agency Olive Oil capacity, the means and skills needed to perform a detailed data moves by oil industry and also be required to amend the rules Community on the olive oil mixture and their denomination.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana

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