Eighteen years is a long wait for somebody to open the tap, which is the case of the Costa farmers and the Embalse de Rules. Patience has its limits, though.
Midnight for 501 Departure
by Martin Myall •
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Farmers Look on Anxiously
by Martin Myall •
Farmers along the Río Verde vega in Almuñécar are fed up with waiting on administrations to sort out the water-table crisis in the valley.
Farmers Hawk Crop in Protest
by Martin Myall •
Farmers from the Llano in Carchuna-Calahonda and from Motril have reached the end of their tether over the miserable prices offered them.
Lecrín’s Citric Disaster
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos (UPA) have decided to give oranges away in protest of the low prices paid to producers.
Tractor Convoy Protest
by Martin Myall •
Now that you can pop up to Granada, tomorrow would not be a good day for it as 300 vehicles will descend upon the city to participate in a demonstration.
Bring on The Farmers!
by Vivienne Hughes •
The General Secretary of the farmers’ union, Asaja, Manuel del Pino, has contacted the provincial authorities offering tractors & crop sprayers to carry out street disinfection.
Bad Day for Granada Visit
by Editor •
Today the centre of Granada is going to be a tractorised hell and hundreds of these vehicles descend on the city to take part in a protest.
Farmers Block Port
by Martin Myall •
Around a hundred farmers blocked the main entrance to Motril Port in protest over a lack of control on imported agricultural produce from outside the EU.
Low Crop Prices
by Martin Myall •
It’s amazing the difference between what the big supermarket chains pay farmers for their fresh fruit and veg and the price on the supermarket shelves – and arguably unjust.
The Rules Reservoir and its Lack of Irrigation Infrastructure
by Martin Myall •
We’re in a drought with not a drop of rain and seawater is threatening to seep into irrigation wells near the coast – farmers aren’t happy.