Thousands of agricultural and livestock companies in Sardinia are still waiting for payments related to the European CAP contributions. The flow of resources is being hindered by yet another bureaucratic impasse: pastures not recognized as such in the new land map, which in fact transforms them into forests, blocking access to funds. The result? Over 25 million euros blocked, with farmers and breeders in increasing difficulty.
Coldiretti Sardegna strongly relaunches the request to the President of the Region, Alessandra Todde, and to the Councilor for Agriculture, Gian Franco Satta, to establish a regional task force with the task of unblocking the practices and accelerating payments.
The intervention model already exists and has proven to work . In 2022, a project unit established by the Region had resolved a similar situation, allowing the rapid release of funds. Now, according to Coldiretti, the same strategy could be applied to resolve the current bureaucratic anomalies.
"It is necessary to dedicate an exclusive working group to address and resolve the problem of CAP payments," Coldiretti emphasizes. "The funds must be released as quickly as possible and constant monitoring of the status of the practices must be ensured."
The agricultural organization has put on the table a series of concrete interventions to resolve the gap: immediately activate the task force, on the model of the one already operational in 2022, apply technical solutions for the recognition of grazing areas and traditional local practices, so as to make them suitable for CAP contributions, unblock payments to agricultural and livestock companies in the shortest possible time and constantly monitor the progress of the practices, ensuring transparency and speed of action.
The central issue concerns the pastures with tare, which are mistakenly classified as woods in the new soil map . An error that is penalizing thousands of Sardinian farmers, depriving them of vital resources for the survival of their companies. Coldiretti proposes an approach more in line with the Sardinian agricultural reality, with a review of the eligibility criteria for surfaces, based on traditional practices.
"The situation is critical," warns Coldiretti. "Sardinia's agricultural and livestock companies are in difficulty and bureaucratic inertia risks jeopardizing not only their economic survival, but also the protection of the entire rural territory. Without immediate intervention, many areas risk abandonment, with serious consequences on the balance between man, the environment and productive activities."
Agea, during the Green Table in January, had already expressed a favorable opinion on an intervention in this direction. Now the ball is in the Region's court. "We have already verified the operational feasibility of the proposal: the funds can be released in a very short time," Coldiretti reiterates.
(Unioneonline/Fr.Me.)