The Verdurazo in Plaza de Mayo, when twenty thousand were delivered kilos of vegetables , brought to the fore the demands of family farmers and peasants to the national government. The Union of Earth (UTT), promoter of action, introduced a bill that aims to discuss the agricultural model: the need for land redistribution. A dozen rural organizations require budget for the sector while from the Association of State Workers (ATE) reported 250 dismissals in the Ministry of Family Agriculture (SAF).
Delivery of vegetables , on 14 September, was a way of claiming fair prices for producers rural and also pointed to the concentration of land in few hands. In Argentina, according to data from INTA, three percent of farms have 50 percent of the productive land in the country.
“Constituted the Public Trust Fund Credit for Family Agriculture as policy of economic and social development, which aims to facilitate access to credit for the purchase of land for family farming,” the first article of the bill presented by UTT in Congress. Farming families (the Gran La Plata, Berazategui, San Vicente, Lujan and Escobar) work between half and four hectares, and suffer the siege private neighborhoods and real estate speculators.
“More than 2,000 families went out to show the reality in which we live and in which vegetables they eat in Buenos Aires occurs. As an example, lettuce you pay 20/40 pesos per kilo, the producer only comes a weight, “said Nahuel Levaggi, the UTT.
