SOURCES FROM THE TOMATO SECTOR REPORT THE NON-COMPLIANCE OF COMMITMENTS.

The last plantations of export tomato trees are being carried out these days for the campaign 2009/10. Despite this, if you breathe, among the producers, a feeling of uncertainty and great expectation of what could be the definitive bet or harvest.

And the sector does not have everything with it. Several producers consulted by Agroaldea, They denounce that most of the commitments have not been fulfilled: “The sector needs liquidity and more in these times, but after many advertisements the money does not end up arriving.”

There are those who are even more pessimistic: “The Administration is not understood, They do things that if we did them we would already be in jail and they do not realize that when they have finished with agriculture the councils will have to be dismantled.. And all those people?: then go to the street.”

These statements are made in light of the lack of liquidity that the sector still has.. In addition, before the announcement of the approval of the Strategic Plan for the tomato export sector, they say, they have not yet seen any concreteness: “the sector needs oxygen, do not store cylinders. once dead, why do we want them?.”

The bell 2009/10 starts with less cultivated area. The Village of San Nicolás continues to be one of the municipalities in which the cultivated area is maintained with a slight decrease. However, the south of Gran Canaria and Tenerife express their disbelief with more significant declines.

This situation places producers who remain at an important crossroads., since now it is time to distribute the expenses and costs of production and marketing among less. Hence the uncertainty and expectation. Now more than ever it is necessary to know the figures.

Sector sources recognize and express their optimism if the Administrations fulfill their commitments and the announcements and promises are translated into actions.. Not to be, The same sources indicate that “Solving the equation is going to be easier than some thought and the warning was already given, that no one is going to act Swedish“.