One hundred mayors and three thousand Coldiretti members took to the streets of Cagliari 's Viale Trento for the large demonstration organized by the association for the future of Sardinia's productive sector, and to demand answers from the institutions regarding the main emergencies that are putting the regional agricultural system under extreme pressure.
In particular, Coldiretti director Luca Saba explained before the procession set off, the call is for the unblocking of CAP procedures.
"Between rain and rising diesel and fertilizer prices, we think businesses need liquidity ."
To be precise, Coldiretti is asking for "the allocation of forty million already in the next budget variation , but also for an intervention on the continuity of goods and a clear policy on water".
The procession, led by about twenty tractors, set off from Viale Trento and traveled along Viale Trieste and Via Roma to the Regional Council building for a sit-in and a meeting between a Coldiretti delegation and the President of the Regional Council and the group leaders.
THE ISSUES – Among the issues raised by the protesters was first and foremost the management of water resources : in Sardinia, the agricultural sector uses around 500 million cubic meters of water per year, but network losses reach up to 50%, a figure that according to Coldiretti demonstrates the need for structural planning with new reservoirs, interconnection of basins and investments to reduce waste.
The mobilization also focused on transportation and insularity, with agricultural businesses having seen logistics costs rise by up to 50% over the past five years, a burden that is reducing the competitiveness of Sardinian products on national and European markets. Other issues being relaunched include the management of the wildlife emergency , which is causing increasingly serious damage to crops and livestock; the passed off as local; the , ensuring that those exporting to Europe meet the same environmental, health, and safety standards required of European companies.
