WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT 21 NOVEMBER IN MADRID.

ASAJA agricultural organizations, COAG and UPA have launched a new website, www.movilizacionagraria09.org which collects all the information related to the agrarian strike of the 20 of November and the great demonstration in Madrid the following day.

In this way, Any person interested in the mobilization acts will have all the documents immediately and in real time., news and developments that revolve around the actions planned in the face of the greatest crisis in history in the Spanish countryside.

This action is part of the strategy designed by the three agricultural organizations to make known to all agents related to the sector and to society in general the reasons that have forced men and women in the countryside to “go out into the streets and demand solutions now”.

ASAJA, COAG and UPA announced the past 15 October a general strike for the 20 and 21 November and a demonstration this last day due to the lack of profitability of the agricultural and livestock sector, caused by the collapse of prices at source and the exorbitant increase in production costs.

In the period 2003-2008, agricultural income has fallen by 26 percent, burdened by the upward spiral of costs, that have increased a 34,3 percent in five years and has produced a loss of 124.000 jobs.