United Kingdom: the solution to the Russian crisis?

According to the Agriculture Office of the Aragonese Government's estimations, the Russian veto on Spanish fruit products has caused losses amounting between 20 and 30 millions of euros in our region. 

Aragonese fruit exports to Rusia during the last seasons were being up to 110 millions of euros per year. Several areas in Aragon, such as Valdejalon, La Litera or Bajo Cinca, are being affected by this international crisis. 

By quantity peaches and nectarines are the most penalised varieties by these measure and therefore they are turning into higher economic losses. In the second place of this ranking we find apples and pears which production is also significant in Valdejalon.

Recently the Government of Aragon reported an official withdrawal request for 5 million kg made by the local fruit sector. Besides this sort of public compensations, the Aragonese Economic Office believes that a plan to tackle emerging or alternative markets must be drawn up as a long term answer for this issue.



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Works on Mularroya´s dam are still halted

Source: Heraldo de Aragón. http://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/2014/08/30/mularroya_sigue_sin_fecha_para_retomar_las_obras_meses_despues_que_parasen_307336_300.html

After fifteen months the works on Mularroya's dam in La Almunia de Doña Godina are not expected to restart.  In 2013 the Spanish High Court nullified the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) resulting in the stop of  this infrastructure although jobs had began in march 2008 and one third of the total budget (51 millions of euros) has already been spent.

As new building technical report and EIS are both mandatory, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment must include corrective measures into these documents. Although experts are drawing up an alternative project in accordance with the Court's resolution, for the time being official sources are unable to make an accurate prediction on when the dump trucks and bulldozers will return to work.

Mularroya will have capacity for 103 hm³ of water entirely coming from the Jalón river, which is the main tributary of the Ebro river on its right side (the largest Spanish river as well). The dam is being built nearby La Almunia urban area on the Grío riverbed and it is still needed to dig an 8 miles tunnel in order to channel the river Jalón water.

The greatest use of this reservoir will be the irrigation of the fruit crops in the surrounding area of La Almunia and Valdejalón county. The Jalón River Irrigation Community  (Central de Usuarios del Río Jalón) assures that this dam is crucial for investors who want to grow up with guarantees in the coming years. The flow control of the Jalón River through Mularroya´s dike will allow a further expansion to our already significant stone fruit sector.