ELADIOANIORTEASAJAAs with many grants that are approved under the political announcement that it intended to help the agricultural sector, the latest European regulations provided with money are not having any impact on compensating farmers' losses.

Like this, The exceptional measures approved to face the Russian veto are turning out to be a clever maneuver to benefit the strongest links in the food chain, employing the producers in a mean and despicable way.

Explainedmonos. The Delegated Regulation (EU) 1031/2014, and subsequently modified, the Delegated Regulation (EU) 1371/2014, They establish the possibility of allocating agri-food products that have not been able to export to Russia to charity. What a beautiful idea! Since we must remove fruits and vegetables, unless they are for those who need them most.

This option is subsidized by 100% regarding the established reference price. However, It also establishes requirements that marginalize the farmer.

On one side, The products must be presented in containers of 25 kg perfectly labeled. These expenses could be borne by certain marketing entities., as long as this is stated in their operating programs. Many have not taken this into account and you don't have to be very smart to see that the majority of farmers do not have the capacity to do it..

There is one more impediment. Collection and transportation costs would also be borne by the producer.. Faced with so much obstacles, many individual producers have been forced to look for destinations other than those of charity.

Now, They have kilos and kilos of oranges that they cannot sell and that could feed those who do not have resources, but nothing, chico, from the beginning, have directed the measures towards the economic compensation of the companies that control the commercial structure. of shame!

On, The most egregious case is found with the option that could have been more viable for us.: transformation into juice. With a lot of night and treachery, They established a deadline to request to benefit from the measure. The period was not extended more than 10 days and, on, occupying the most important dates of Christmas. What was logical happened. Many people didn't find out anything and when they did, They could no longer register.

Now, We formally ask that they resume the measure, but they claim they cannot do it. The reason could not be any other, the one they always give us, Free Competition. And what is that?! Don't they know that the Law of Supply and Demand is not fulfilled in the agri-food sector??! The juice industry lobby has once again imposed its conditions.

It is incredible that the administration is allowing things to happen this way., against the producers and those who come to the aid of charities. Madam Minister, right now, The interest of families with problems must prevail and not the economic power represented by the juice industry that has put pressure on them.

Like this, the management of the Russian veto has harmed the interests of farmers, precisely those who are supposed to have defended in a crisis management situation. Everything has been a mockery. If they don't even verify whether the recalled goods were going to the Russian market or not!!

They have proven to be completely inefficient in compensating for producers' losses.. It's more, the 120 millions that will be allocated until June for these measures are useless. If the intention was to withdraw merchandise to prevent prices from falling even further, has not been achieved.

In 2014 decreased in the field by 15% and although it is difficult to establish the reasons, the russian veto, without a doubt, has been one of them, the other, the pressure of those who always benefit and who establish themselves as the healthiest part of the value chain.

Eladio Aniorte Aparicio / President of ASAJA Alicante – Young Farmers.