In last night 30th was held in the Auditorium of CEBAG an informational meeting convened by the Union of Farmers and Ranchers Lower Guadalentin (COAG), which had the sole purpose of informing the tentative agreement in recent weeks been reached between representatives of COAG and other agricultural organizations, with ENESA (National Agricultural Insurance Agency) and Agroseguro establishing the criteria used in the assessment of claims and allowances produced table grapes in the second half of 2013 would be revised , to get close to those used in 2012, as by agricultural organizations, agribusiness and cooperatives claimed in the massive demonstration in Murcia on 30 October.
The President of the Union of Farmers Under Guadalentin (COAG) and Isidoro Cayuela regional COAG Secretary of Agriculture, Pedro García, told those attending the meeting that although the agreement in principle to review the criteria for assessment of Claims on insured parcels of table grapes in 2013, had not reached the objectives of Claims demonstration in Murcia at the end of last October, it was estimated that the revised criteria would flat rate around one million euros, additional to those already recognized in assessments made by Agroseguro in table grape crop of Murcia, which mainly affects parrales wrecked in Lower Guadalentin, specifically in Aledo, Totana and Alhama.
According expressed such representatives of COAG, according to this principle was recognized that actively promoted and supported the Minister of Agriculture of Murcia, had occurred in a very difficult context of budget cuts and adjustments, but allowed curb the deteriorating image of agricultural insurance and progressive negative decision of farmers to take out crop insurance they believe has a high cost and does not meet your expectations low compensation in case of accident.
According to representatives announced COAG, the assembly was held on the penultimate day of the year after a very bad year for grape farmers who have suffered serious losses endured this crop by the weather, but that that day was precisely intended to make a possible consolidation or closure in Madrid, as he had requested the Delegation of the Government of Madrid, in case you had not reached agreement in principle obtained.
