The meeting, which was attended by Panagrotikos General Secretary Tasos Yapanis, the General Secretary of EKA Panicos Hambas, the President of New Agrarian Takis Christodoulou, the District Secretary of the Pafos PEK, Haralambos Pittokopitis, Panagrotikos Pafos District Secretary Panagrotikos Kaponas and DISY Pafos MP Haralambos Pazaros discussed the main issues of concern to farmers.
Among which, as mentioned, the meeting dealt with the free water supply from T.A.Y. during the period of overflow of the dams with retroactive effect from 1/3/22, the calculation of damages caused by natural disasters during the winter months, such as strong winds, hail, floods and the recent frost.The necessity of finding a solution to the major problem of the parcels declared by the managers and the grower cannot be insured was also discussed, therefore, as mentioned, the Department of Agriculture was asked to clarify whether these parcels are insured or not.
In addition, reference was made to the pending issue regarding the exceptional financial support for Covid-19 in 2020- 2121.
Special reference was also made to the cost of production of products such as fertilizers, medicines, labor in electricity and so on, the rising price of oil (agricultural) and the Rural Development Program for communities that are off the grid.
After a two-way briefing, the representatives of the Farmers' Organizations informed about the steps they are taking in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment.
Furthermore, the Representatives of the Farmers' Organizations visited potato farms where they witnessed the total destruction due to frost, hail and polygamy.
Source: KYPE
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