“We want to return the conditions necessary for agricultural production with a sustainable approach to land use,” said the AFP farmer and the organizer Laszlo Kulčar.
About 100 protesters referred to the Ministry of Agriculture, demanding that the government determines areas suitable for water retention and promotes sustainable land use.
“In the 19th century, the agricultural policy was designed by water management for conditions of excessive precipitation,” Lajos Rac Historic Historist.
Protesters claim that Hungary implements the wrong water management policies, focusing on the development of drainage and irrigation for these historical reasons.
Musicians, jugglers and walkers in the stools were also in the caravan, and some participants wore their clothes inspired by the postpocularscript science fiction franchise “Enjoy Max.”
Hungary is considered one of the countries of the European Union, which are most vulnerable to drought, while the world is fighting with the consequences of climate change caused by human action.
According to the European Observatory for Drought, 63 percent of land in Hungary is in a dry state of warning.
The south of the country is especially struggling to adapt to longer, more frequent and more intense thermal waves, as well as an increasingly uneven precipitation distribution.
This was the second year in a row of protests by riding camels.
The right-wing government claims to work on sustainable and responsible use of resources needed for agriculture. During seven years, 422 million euros is allocated for the optimization of spending in the agricultural sector.
(Vijesti.ba)
