The confederation lamented that “for farmers, whose incomes are about 40% lower than those of other citizens, receiving a compensatory price for what they harvest from the land remains an almost impossible task,” coinciding with World Food Day.
The CNA noted that consumers are also part of the weakest link in the chain, while intermediaries dominate the agri-food trade.
In this context, it illustrated that, in the first half of the year, the two largest companies marketing agri-food products achieved historic revenues, with profits rising to 371 million euros.
“The astronomical and scandalous profits generated in the middle of the chain are accounted for in the face of the Government’s passivity, which refuses to adopt market-regulation policies to curb the ‘dictatorship’ of large distribution or the flooding of the market with imported products,” it pointed out.
The farmers further stated that it is possible to improve the population’s access to healthy and suitable food while simultaneously securing better production prices.
The CNA stated that the country needs a State Budget that supports family farming, with models oriented towards local production and consumption in addition to promoting sustainability.
This confederation also criticized the proposed cuts in the European Commission’s Multiannual Financial Framework for 2028-2034, while funds allocated to defense increase.
“[…] It is a clear and unacceptable inversion of priorities, privileging the war industry at the expense of the population’s food needs,” it emphasized.
