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The Municipal Socialist Group Spokesperson, Manuel Soler, has reported that "on Thursday gathered at the fairgrounds in Santa Quiteria over 300 farmers. After that meeting, the Municipal Socialist Group presented at the plenary session this morning a motion urgency in a series called for measures to mitigate the effects of drought, motion was rejected, it was also rejecting a joint motion of the 3 groups represented in the Municipal Council finally has come to an agreement together. to create a commission to study the issue. "

Soler has detailed "poor rainfall in this water year, we are situated in parts of the southeastern Spanish to a shortage of rainfall is not known since there are records of rainfall for 150 years. The last drought we suffered in Spain led publications of royal decrees as was the Royal Decree-Law 10/2005 of 20 June, as well as the water began in 2008-2009, we proceeded to the publication of Royal Decree-Law 14/2009 of 4 September, for which urgent action is taken to mitigate the effects of drought. "

The Socialist councilor remarked that "to bad hydrological perspective, some irrigation communities are asking their community members to reduce plantings of vegetables for the 2014-2015 season. They believe that if the same extent as in previous years may not have grown sufficient water. In the economic and employment situation we find ourselves in the town of Lorca and the whole of the Region of Murcia, is not advisable to reduce the activity of the food industry. You have to take the necessary measures by the various administrations to provide the water necessary. "

Lorca mayor said "66,000 hectares of planted almond there in the dryland of the Region of Murcia, according to the Ministry of Agriculture itself has dried high percentages of trees in an area of ​​between 25-30,000 hectares, which is have to start mandatory and be replanted. The rest is lost from harvest and no rain in the coming months will continue drying trees in most rainfed areas where they can not be washed. Other crops affected by drought are cereal, which is lost in its entirety and olives, still being more resistant to lack of rains harvest will suffer. Other vines that in areas where there are no irrigation facilities, is in very poor condition of vegetation and crop strains reaching dry land in areas with lower quality. This situation is causing many losses to farmers by decreasing harvest in 2014 and the loss of income in the early years of the Production absence replanted trees ".

Miras Soler has stressed that "there is a drastic reduction in funds for aid measures of the RDP 2014-2020, devoted to organic production and integrated production (now called biological control) being the last to be inadequate, in part unworkable implementation. We must not forget the virtual absence of promised aid for owners of private farms located in 25% of the regional territory, occupied by the Natura 2000 network (SCI, SPA, etc.) and other figures of spaces protected. This proposal RDP 2014-2020, was submitted to the EU last July by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water of Murcia for approval, regardless of the arguments presented by all OPAS, organizations cooperatives and thousands of partners and FAPEN AMPOAS in its period of public exposure. "

Manuel Soler has finished exposing a Royal Decree that includes sufficient measures to mitigate the adverse effects of drought in both rainfed and irrigated in "is necessary. It should also adopt and implement a Starter plan and replanting the vineyards and almond trees and all strains if you have dried on the plots because of the drought is over 25%, or partial replanting if the number is less than this percentage, with aid specific co-financed and in sufficient quantity. In the case of replanting 100% aid would be in accordance with the cost budget approved by the administration, which in the case of almond amounts to 5,500 euro / ha. Also, it is necessary that the Ministry of Agriculture and Water modify the text of the RDP 2014-2020 for support to organic farming and integrated production (now called biological control) submitted to Brussels and adapt as far as possible to requests and subscribed guidelines, unanimous complaint dated July 15, 2014, for all agricultural organizations and cooperatives in the region. "

Source: PSOE Lorca