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Catastrophic damage fruit trees by the hail Calasparra (11/05/2011)

Calasparra has been one of the municipalities most affected by hail fell on Saturday as UPA (Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers).

Antonio Moreno, secretary of Agriculture of the organization said today in Calasparra Radio fruit production in the locality was affected almost entirely, "there are areas to 80%, while others are at 100%."

Speaking of the mayor of Calasparra, hail last Saturday may have affected more than 2,000 hectares in the locality, which intended to crops such as apricot, peach or plum about 2,400 acres, approximately.

Navarro has attended several meetings this week to discuss the matter and explained the situation to the Government along with the mayors of Mula and Pliego, localities also seriously affected.

A Special Plan for Employment, tax relief for those affected, or prioritize the purchase of damaged to the development of derivatives have been some of the proposals put forward to alleviate the dramatic situation that will involve the loss of 15,000 wages only in Calasparra .

Cooperatives as Hondonera, Agra, the Sultana, or Picarcho, which account for most of the producers of the county, assessing these days the damage caused by hail and so arrange the agro-insurance as soon as possible.

In this respect 63% of the insured crop was affected, according to Jesus Navarro.

Call for Extraordinary Plenary

The City Council has called for this afternoon a special meeting of City Council to request a full, both the regional administration, as the state aid to alleviate the damage caused by hail and the loss of thousands of wages in the field.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Calasparra

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