Carmen Crespo (PP) calls for immediate authorization of phytosanitary products against Thrips parvispinus in peppers

The head of the PP of Almería's list for Congress, Carmen Crespo, has asked the Government to immediately authorize the necessary plant protection products against the parvispinus thrips, the pest affecting Almería's crops. "We don't care whether it's with Movento or Sulfoxaflor, the priority is that farmers have effective tools," she stated during a visit to the Semillero Los Crespos, in Adra, together with the Senate substitute candidate Carmen Belén López and the mayor, Manuel Cortés. According to Crespo, France, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Greece and Slovenia allow the use of these products, while in Spain they are still not authorized and the Government has rejected the exceptional authorizations for Movento requested by the Junta. The candidate speaks of a year and a half of delay and recalls that the province has more than 12,500 hectares of pepper. Crespo also called for more investment in research and fewer obstacles to registering new active substances. At a meeting with farmers from Adra, together with the candidate Nuria Rodríguez and the PP's deputy secretary for Agriculture, Aránzazu Martín, the PP also addressed the price of inputs, production costs and taxation in the sector.