/In total, 628,755.72 euros have to be distributed among the six professional agricultural organizations of the Balearic Islands /De la Concha: “This money will strengthen them and this will be a boost to the sector”.

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The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has initiated the distribution of the cash funds of the agrarian chambers to the professional agrarian organizations of the Balearic Islands. According to the agreement of distribution of the assets of the agrarian chambers, of March 2021, the liquidation has to be made this December. In total, 628,755.72 euros have to be distributed among the six professional agricultural organizations of the Balearic Islands: ASAJA, Unió de Pagesos de Mallorca, Unió de Pagesos de Menorca, UPA-AIA Baleares, AGRAME and FAGME.

According to the consellera Mae de la Concha, “the return of the assets of the agrarian chambers is a historical milestone, which we had the commitment to solve and we have achieved it from the consensus and negotiation”. “These cash funds will strengthen the Balearic agrarian organizations and will give them a boost in their task of supporting the sector,” he explained. The liquidation of the real estate has also begun. “It is only fair that the organizations recover them because they are the legitimate heirs,” he added.

The Agricultural and Fisheries Guarantee Fund of the Balearic Islands (FOGAIBA), an entity under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, is responsible for the liquidation of the assets of the agrarian chambers. As for the cash funds, the amounts corresponding to FAGME (103,246.34 euros), Unió de Pagesos de Mallorca (80,230.97 euros) and Unió de Pagesos de Menorca (103,246.34 euros) have already been paid. Payments to the other three professional agricultural organizations will be made in the coming weeks. ASAJA has to receive 139,692.82 euros; UPA-AIA Baleares, 99,092.93 euros; and AGRAME, 103,246.34 euros.

Signed the cession of the first two real estate goods

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has already signed, before a notary, the transfer of two real estate assets: the one in Llucmajor to the local cooperative and the one in Consell has been transferred to the town council of the municipality. The one in Ferreries must also be ceded to the town council.

Regarding the three agrarian organizations that had to share the real estate of the agricultural chambers, ASAJA will keep the first floor in Santa Eulàlia square in Palma and the headquarters in Sencelles; Unió de Pagesos de Mallorca, an apartment in Santa Eulàlia square in Palma and the headquarters in Sant Joan; and UPA-AIA, two apartments in Anselm Clavé street in Palma and the headquarters in Montuïri.