What the president of the Goat and Sheep Producers Group said to KYPE
After the extraordinary protest event in which the goat and sheep farmers arrived today outside the Ministry of Agriculture, the additional quantities of milk were finally received, the president of the Goat and Sheep Farmers Group, Sotiris Kadis, told KYPE.
He added that “today an extraordinary protest event was held by goat and sheep farmers from all the provinces of the free Cyprus, outside the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment. The reason for the protest was the refusal of the cheesemakers to receive the most quantities of milk produced by the goat and sheep farmers”.
In response to a related question, Mr. Kadis said that “the goat and sheep farmers responded to the call of the state and the cheesemakers for production of more milk, however the cheese makers were not receiving all the quantity. Today, with the mediation of the Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, to whom we thank, it was arranged and the milk was received from the cheesemakers”.
But this, he continued, “is not a solution to the problem that exists. We hope that after today's intervention by the Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, the cheese makers will continue to receive the extra milk of the goat and sheep farmers”.
As Mr. Kadis said “our position is the implementation of the legislation and we hope that after the meeting that all the involved bodies will have with the President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides on June 4, he will clarify the issue of the quota of goat and sheep milk in halloumi and the problem will be resolved once and for all”.
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