“The uncontrolled increase in the prices of raw materials is making the production costs of farms unsustainable. It is essential to plan interventions that guarantee the survival of Sardinian agriculture and its companies, which are strongly threatened by the current situation, with the risk of closure and with the consequent further impoverishment of the Sardinian social and economic fabric ”.
Cia Sardegna raises the alarm about the increase in production costs of agricultural enterprises and asks for the intervention of regional and national institutions to calm the situation and support a key sector of the island's economic system.
Sardinian farms record cost increases from 20% up to peaks of 60%, which affect the profitability of livestock farms.
According to the trade association, the cost of electricity has increased by 20% in the last year, that of equipment has grown inexorably, the cost of fertilizers has almost doubled and the price of seeds is recording worrying increases.
In addition, there is also a surge in the price of agricultural diesel, as well as in transport costs, which have always been one of the greatest unresolved difficulties for Sardinian agriculture.
At this time of the agricultural season, olive farms and the whole fruit and vegetable sector would suffer the negative effects of the price increases. To all this is added the delicate situation of the sheep and goat sector: the improvements in the price of milk recognized to farmers.
Cia Sardegna finally launches an appeal to the institutions, which "must intervene immediately to reduce the impact of increases on production costs, to preserve and support the island's agriculture, which today constitutes one of the last safeguards that support the economy and the estate. social island ".
(Unioneonline / F)
