Bean production falls/ Farmers of Devolli: We cannot cover the expenses, the state does not help us

2024-09-21 13:54:00, Aktualitet CNA

In the village of Tren i Devolli, most of the families are engaged in the cultivation of beans, as the only way of income for them. The lands planted with beans can be seen in large areas from the entrance road of the village, which also shows the great work done by these residents of the area. For more than 5 years, in the cultivation of beans, it can be seen that production has declined, but this year is the most difficult for farmers as the production is very little.

Ismail Xhaxhe is an old farmer, who has worked in this sector all his life, together with his wife and children.

He shows the main reason for facing the low production, precisely the high temperatures that brought the drought and did not allow the beans to be produced even in quality.

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"The beans this year very weak, let's not say that we will not take out our expenses that we have spent. From the temperatures two months in a row, you yourself saw that they reached 40 degrees. The bean has 25, many 28 degrees, no more. At first there was water, then he watered 2-3 times and it was over, there was no more."

Ismaili has a total of 11 dynym of beans, but the production he expects to collect is very little. He says that in 3 dynym, he can't even get 1 quintal of beans.

"I have 11 dynym of beans, what will I get?" There is not even 1 quintal of beans in 3 dynams. Even they are not good, they do not have the correct quality. Let's see now what we haven't done, there are 8 dynym, we cut them, we have them ready, if only there is time for them to be done."

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Farmer Ismail Xhaxhe

When we ask him about the price, with great regret, the farmer says that they will not be able to cover the expenses, while he says that there is no possibility of competing with the production coming from abroad.

"And what price? Let them be made, I would sell them at the price of 2500 old lek if only I had production. There is no production, even if we sell 10,000, we cannot even cover the expenses. It must be seen how much the market will take them, because now they bring them from abroad and these remain ours. The work that was done in agriculture before, we can't do, for everything. Drought occurred. Irrigation systems are, but there is no water. Drought, it wasn't even winter, agriculture is so connected. No, it's not even about competing. The state does not give us anything, the state only takes the taxes we pay."

In this situation, most of the families of the village of Tren in the municipality of Devolli are facing another great damage, this caused by the high temperatures that prevailed in our country. For the farmers, there is also hope in the production that they expect to collect this month, to first see the quality and then the price that they will be able to sell in the market./ CNA