Algarve farmers will hold a slow march between Faro and Castro Marim on Thursday, demanding “fair conditions” and a “performance assessment”, announced the Portuguese Farmers’ Civil Movement, the initiator of the protest.
According to information provided to the Lusa agency by the movement’s Algarve representative Fatima da Rocha, participants are asked to gather next to the Algarve stadium, in the Parque das Cidades Faro Lole, at 5:00 am, and an hour later they will begin walking slowly along Estrada Nacional 125 to Castro Marim.
The demonstration is part of a series of actions announced by the movement for Thursday in various parts of the country, which will see agricultural machinery put on the roads to demand better conditions for activity.
The protest was organized this Wednesday by the Portuguese Civil Farmers’ Movement, which describes itself as “a spontaneous and non-partisan civil movement uniting farmers and civil society in defense of the primary sector.”
“On February 1, starting at 6:00 am, farmers will take to Portuguese roads with agricultural machinery to fight for the human right to adequate food, for fair conditions and for recognition of their activities,” the movement said in a statement.
Inviting “all civil society to attend and support this cause,” Portuguese farmers say they are “united and ready to defend themselves against the constant attacks on sustainability, food sovereignty and rural life.”
Portugal’s civil farmers’ movement emphasizes that its goal is to “support farmers and increase the productivity of the agricultural sector, ensuring a stable supply of food at affordable prices.”
The structure advocates “an immediate replacement of aid” and “the assumption of contractual obligations” as part of the revision of the Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy (PEPAC) to ensure its adaptation “to the Portuguese reality.”
Farmers are also advocating for agricultural policy, using medium- and long-term recommendations to ensure sector stability, budget allocations “matched to each component”, environmental schemes appropriate to each territory, convergence with European Union averages, a review of the payment calendar and a reduction in licensing bureaucracy (Farmers counter).
The requirements also include recognition of environmental services, factors of production “at fair and competitive prices” (especially fuel), increasing the cost of products from the manufacturer, and applying the same European Union rules to the import of agricultural products from third countries. countries and that agriculture is part of the Citizenship subject in schools.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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