The DANA of October 29 in Castile-La Mancha affected 22,000 hectares of cultivation in Castile-La Mancha and caused crop losses of up to 30%, being the most affected olive sector. Meanwhile, among the 85 municipalities that recorded damage, the most affected were Letur, Mira and Villel de Mesa, in addition to seven deaths (six in Letur and one in Mira).
The data was presented this Friday by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, Julián Martínez Lizán, at the Agro Forum of La Tribuna de Albacete and Banco Santander, announced that almost a million euros will be added to the modifications of the budgetary measures necessary for the recovery of infrastructure for public use for breeders and farmers.
On the other hand, this Friday also begins the payment of anticipated aid for the CAP, with an amount of 17 million intended for breeders of sheep for slaughter and milk as well as for stubble breeders. In total, advances for the CAP will amount to 371 million, which represents “a milestone never seen before and, above all, before the end of November”.
Likewise, he highlighted the success of the rural entrepreneurship bonus, which has encouraged 4,000 new incorporations in the sector with aid of up to 27,000 euros of non-repayable funds to energize the landscape, try to rejuvenate it and ” contribute to the establishment of the population. “
Regarding the agri-food sector, which for the economy of Castile-La Mancha represents one euro in five and a third of exports, Martínez Lizán explained that Manchego cheese and the wine sector will reach 25 designations of origin. “At a time when production in other regions begins to ask for subsidies to start vineyards that cannot be adapted to the consumer, in Castilla-La Mancha we have broken records in wine sales, especially wines white people,” he said. He also mentioned the “promising future” of pistachiowhich owns 70,000 hectares in the region and of which only 6% are in production.
Finally, “breeding is in danger because of diseases such as tuberculosis or bluetongue which have affected 43 farms. “For this reason, we have obtained from the ministry 200,000 vaccines to facilitate the dispersal and containment of the disease, which we hope will decrease in the coming months.”
