Campillos Council to lease agricultural land to the unemployed

Campillos Council is preparing to lease municipal land, a 1,500 square metre plot at El Moralejo, to young people and unemployed for the purpose of growing vegetables for their own consumption, donation to others or for sale through the implementation of a sustainable commercial enterprise.

Strike call in Sevilla

The UGT and CCOO trade unions are calling on agricultural workers in Sevilla province to begin an indefinite general strike in an attempt to force compliance with the collective agreement on pay and working hours.

Agricultural losses in Andalucia

Provisional estimates by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries put losses in the agriculture and horticulture sectors as a result of the bad weather at around 30%.