The rural world is in turmoil and Sardinian farmers are on a war footing . Several sectors are "exhausted with production and energy costs that are forcing farms to close." Coldiretti Sardegna starts the mobilization and calls the fruit and vegetable, cereal, wine, beekeeping and land reclamation consortia sectors together, calling a meeting at the Cagliari Fair for next Monday, 10 October at 10.45 . The sector is exhausted, they argue from via Sassari, with production and energy costs that are forcing many farms to close.
If all goes well, you work in a balance
"When all goes well, we work in balance with diseases and calamities lurking like a sword of Damocles that irremediably lead to red tape, with the bureaucracy of the refreshments that at that point would give the final blow of grace producing only cards and illusions".
The increases in production costs not followed by those for the sale of the finished product risk closing many companies.
Orchards: costs increased by 60%
According to the data of the trade organization, producing one hectare of an orchard or vegetable garden is now prohibitive with costs increased by an average of 60–70%. “To keep costs down is the labor, usually familiar, otherwise we would have to leave the land uncultivated”, explains Luigi Podda, fruit grower of San Sperate .
Tomato: expenses equal to receipts
Same tone for Barisardo for tomatoes: “Today, producing tomatoes in greenhouses is not convenient. If all goes well, you break even with working conditions that are at the limit of possible, then if, as often happens, you run into illnesses then you are at a loss ” denounces Alessandro Melis .
Even “for the tomato in the open field for industry the costs are on average 10 thousand euros per hectare to collect 10 thousand euros for the finished product” says .
