While tractors from the Gironde Rural Coordination block this Tuesday morning in Beychac-et-Caillau a purchasing center for Leclerc stores an association helping farmers in difficulty shows an increase ” exponential “requests for support. “The triggering factor is the social and financial charges which constitute the straw that breaks the camel’s back” explains Paul Gaudin, winegrower in Saint-Denis-De-Pile and vice-president of Solidarité Paysans en Gironde.
Farmers in difficulty who become support workers themselves
To the Solidarité Paysans association, ” we have an individual approach to situations, both on the economic level, on the legal level, on the social level, on the emotional level, on the technical level sometimes even “, indicates Paul Gaudin who insists on the depth of the agricultural crisis.
“How do you want it to be otherwise? It’s absolutely obvious. There is a malaise particularly in viticulture in Gironde, we are in a profession in which, unfortunately, we are unable to sell our production in bulk, in particular, at a price that allows us to meet our costs. We are below the cost price, so we cannot be happy in these conditions. In these conditions, we work for nothing !”
2024-01-30 11:24:16
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