Algarve farmers held a slow march in agricultural vehicles between Faro and Castro Marim this morning, to demand draw attention to their calls for “fair conditions” and the “valuation of the activity”.
Participants gathered next to the Algarve stadium, in Parque das Cidades Faro-Loulé, at 5:00 am, starting a on ehour long slow march along Estrada Nacional 125, to Castro Marim.
The demonstration is part of a set of actions called by the movement for Thursday, in various areas of the country, in which agricultural machinery is planned to be taken to the roads, to demand better conditions for the farming undustry. which presents itself as “a spontaneous and non-partisan civil movement that unites farmers and civil society in defense of the primary sector”.
The spontaneous protest was called by the Civil Farmers Movement of Portugal yesterday, inviting “all civil society to be present and support this cause”, Portuguese farmers say they are “united and prepared to defend themselves from the permanent attack on sustainability, food sovereignty and rural life”.
The Civil Farmers Movement of Portugal highlights that its objective is “to support farmers and improve the productivity of the agricultural sector, ensuring a stable supply of food at affordable prices”.
The structure defends the “immediate replacement of aid” and the “assumption of contractual commitments” as part of a review of the Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan ( PEPAC ) to ensure its adaptation “to the Portuguese reality”.
Among the demands are also the recognition of environmental services, production factors “at fair and competitive prices” (particularly in fuels), the valorization of products at the producer, the application of the same European Union rules to the entry of agricultural products from third countries and that agriculture be part of the Citizenship subject in schools.
