Irrational detractors of agricultural activities appeared, to the extent that their extermination was demanded, the current directed towards Western Europe with a greater emphasis on the Netherlands, where the state would be ready to set aside 1,470 million euros as compensation for farmers who close their farms in protected nature areas, the action which is part of the Dutch government’s so-called environmental policy has been extended to the closure of farms classified as polluters, a decision that would prevent them from reopening in any other EU country.

These payments, which will be in force until 2028, approved by the Union’s administrative bodies with the aim of reducing environmental damage, are intended for small and medium-sized farmers (of which they are the majority) who voluntarily plan to reduce the residues accumulated by conventional fertilization with high by the proportion of nitrogen, as explained by the proponents. However, the loss of jobs that would result from the disappearance of production activities is not taken into account, nor are the consequences of the impact on the food security of the population by reducing the supply of animal proteins observed.

Direct support would be distributed in the amount of 500 million to mitigate losses to dairy, pig and poultry farmers, and 975 million to cover the costs of dismantling the plant. Meanwhile, in other parts of the planet, there are food shortages that exceed the threshold of hunger and malnutrition of millions of children without a supply of dairy products. The shameful paradox of sheer nonsense is that the Union budget is bolstered by tariffs on banana exports from Latin America.

This plan would set a terrible precedent and a bad example for other developed nations oblivious to the needs of extremely impoverished peoples, reason enough for European agricultural experts to strongly protest against the criticized measure that, although accurate, will compensate farmers up to 120% of the commercial value of their investments, with over time, unemployment and hunger will deepen. The unfortunate thing about this topic is that these attitudes will be transferred to the Latin American peoples, norms and regulations that are impossible to respect for the trade of agricultural goods.

News about new restrictive charges due to the validity of the so-called The “Green Pact” and its misunderstood “farm to table” measures, the implementation of which represents an increase in costs to unacceptable limits that will eventually lead to the denial of the profitability of agricultural exports. alarmingly, without observing the Ecuadorian growth in the use of organic nitrogen fertilizers promoted by technicians and private investors, without any indication of damage to the plants which, on the contrary, are getting stronger.

It is possible to achieve environmental goals without undermining food production without losing income for farmers, affecting peasant labor and dangerously reducing agricultural GDP, which is synonymous with rural poverty. (OR)