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Rallies Planned to Protest Olive Oil Prices in Seville

By Daniel Dawson
Jun. 18, 2019 13:01 UTC
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The heads of UPA and COAG are urg­ing Andalusians to protest low olive oil prices in Seville on July 9, call­ing for more self-reg­u­la­tion and inves­ti­ga­tion of unfair prac­tices in the sec­tor. The rally will also demon­strate pop­u­lar sup­port for mea­sures to strengthen qual­ity enforce­ment mech­a­nisms and address the chal­lenges faced by olive grow­ers in the region.

The heads of the Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA) and the Coordinator of Agriculture and Livestock Organizations (COAG) have called on Andalusians to protest record-low olive oil prices in Seville next month.

The rally, which is sched­uled for July 9 in front of the San Telmo Palace in the Andalusian cap­i­tal, will also serve as a moment for lead­ers of the provin­cial olive oil sec­tor to demon­strate the pop­u­lar sup­port for var­i­ous mea­sures.

These mea­sures include the impo­si­tion of more self-reg­u­la­tion mea­sures in the sec­tor, the inves­ti­ga­tion of unfair busi­ness prac­tices and strength­en­ing qual­ity and prove­nance enforce­ment mech­a­nisms, among sev­eral oth­ers.

“[We have] to inves­ti­gate what is hap­pen­ing with the olive oil mar­ket,” Miguel Lopez, the gen­eral sec­re­tary of COAG Andalusia, said. ​“And self-reg­u­la­tion mech­a­nisms have to be applied. We have a prod­uct of the high­est qual­ity, which can not be sold as if it were low cost.”

“We are not going to stop,” Lopez added. ​“We com­mit­ted our­selves to help olive grow­ers solve these prob­lems, and that goes beyond price increases. We can­not keep los­ing.”



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