Large quantities of products produced by Sedigep Sotiras farmers end up in landfills.
According to what he said on his camera Famaguta.news themselves when we were at the company this morning, due to the pandemic, which as a consequence has, among other things, the non-arrival of mass tourism yet, their products remain unavailable.
What the producers said:
Added to this is the situation with the impossibility of exporting colocasia abroad due to the increased transportation costs.
The farmers told us that many times they can not cover their expenses, which is understood to affect their personal lives, while they ask the state to help and support them.
It should be mentioned that in the same fate as the other products is the kolokasi, the official and certified as PDO product of Sotira, while it is worth noting that part of the unavailable products is given to social groceries to help our fellow citizens in need, however as reported due to the very large quantity of these products, some end up in landfills.
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