08.18
Agriculture and AVA-drive Asaja citrus sales contract to "provide transparency and strengthen" the sector.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Farmers Association Valencia (AVA-Asaja) have joined efforts to promote the implantation of the sales contract harvesting of oranges and tangerines to weight group for marketing fresh, designed within the inter citricola Intercitrus, in order to "give transparency" to the sector and "strengthen the first link" in their value chain.
So what has emphasized the Councillor for Agriculture, Maritina, earthrise credits, Hernandez, in a press conference alongside the president of the agricultural organization, Cristobal Aguado, to raise awareness of the various actions that take place both institutions "hand" to promote formalization of the contract and "promote it at all levels."
Specifically, the Department conducted in July a series of seminars to enhance knowledge of this tool by citrus growers, while AVA-Asaja then deal about 50,000 among, tibia gold, its delegates, partners and individuals linked to the sector, while explain its use, voluntary, in all meetings organized.
This document provides calibres, parcels, quantities, delivery time and price agreed between buyer and seller and, after being approved by the Ministry last July, faces his first campaign backed by the "commitment to collective and inter-character, but also by a commitment from each of the, buy aion kinah, operators "that make up Intercitrus-production, trade and industry, to generalize its use and ensure that" not a single orange band as a result. "
So, Cristobal Aguado has relied on that "other organizations, all, join in particular, in addition to the collective effort that we are already putting into practice, this initiative developed in collaboration with the Valencian Government.
Hernandez, on the same line, has dnded the strength of the "collective commitment and the strong implication shown by each of the inter-schools in this case, that" it is translating into concrete actions already. " Also praised the commitment of cooperatives and has noted that each "find a way to establish such a contract with their partners."
The Regional Minister has stressed the need to raise awareness to producers that the contract is "an essential tool for competitiveness" and to "give transparency" and "traceability not only the product but to commercial transactions, and have a legal framework allowing the dnse of their interests. "
"Pilot"
What's more, he emphasized that the massive deployment of that document is the first step to creating transparency in the entire sector and strengthen the first link of the industry value chain citricola and all the productions of the Comunitat Valenciana ", as his intention is to become "a pilot that can be replicated in other agricultural production."
On the other hand, in a meeting held earlier with the AVA board-Asaja, the Councillor deals with the situation of the bells in place or nearby and the influence of climate on them, which was especially important in spring, while the summer season has only affected the wine sector.
In this regard, Hernandez has moved to Tuesdayhave begun talks to determine the damage in the wine areas affected by the last episodes of hail and blight fungus to determine whether it is appropriate to grant aid as those "are being studied and already working with the sector" for affected crops in the Vinalopo.
Burning of rice straw
Asked by the court elevated to the European Union to burn rice straw for 3,000 hectares subject to income economical treatments AE, assured that "there has been no response" and that therefore the owners in September crop will decide if they assume that damage to or choose not to burn.