In February, the Basque government and provincial councils approved ten commitments to support and support the primary sector. Document that is still a ‘wet piece of paper’ eight months later, according to the agricultural and livestock organization. That is why ENBA calls for the establishment of a working group to activate these measures.
In February, amid protests from farmers and ranchers over the crisis in the sector, the Basque government and the municipalities of Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa signed a decalogue to support and support the primary sector. Exactly, when they meet eight months of the adoption of these ten commitments, the Agriculture and Livestock Organization ENBA of Euskadi has denounced that “the majority of the measures considered there have not been implemented or even started.”
In a statement, the union describes the current situation of the ten commitments adopted by the Basque institutions, criticizing that the document “has remained practically in line wet paper“. Despite the deadlockENBA has shown “total willingness to work and contribute” and demands the “immediate” setting up a working group in which the agricultural sector as a whole and the various Basque institutions participate with the aim of activating the measures that the sector needs.
In concrete terms, the agricultural and livestock farming union states that “no substantial work has been carried out” to reduce and simplify the livestock population bureaucracy that “suffocates” the baserritarras. According to the complaint, the digital field notebook was also not activated.
ENBA says that the commitments regarding the food chaini.e. the establishment of a monitoring committee and periodic reports on the profitability of the farms. There has also been no progress in the area of agricultural land, he adds.
The Baserritarras union considers the request for the exclusion of the wolf from the LESPRE list, submitted by the Minister of Food, Rural Development, Agriculture and Fisheries, as “positive”, although it believes that progress in processing the Wolf Management Plan by the Ministry of Industry, Energy Transition and Sustainability, both part of the same executive authority. According to ENBA, a comprehensive assessment of the damage caused by wildlife has also not been carried out.
“We are not aware of any work being done to promote the film Family agricultural law, In the revision of the support modules related to agricultural insurance, neither an Agricultural Insurance Council has been established nor has financial support for agricultural insurance been increased,” they continue.
Moreover, they acknowledge the “favorable reception” of the approach prosecutors of the primary sector, they still do not know whether they will “finally be reflected in the documents and regulations of the nascent tax reform”.
Finally, they denounce that “no progress” has been made in consolidating the Commission for Agriculture, Food Policy and Rural Development as the backbone forum of a permanent governance model.
Source: EITB
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