Informação: Azorean meat stands out for its unique features
The meat produced in the Azores, from grassland farming, has distinctive features that may promote it at a time when markets are becoming increasingly more demanding and in which the reduced dimension of regional production may be compensated for the quality of its products. The information was released by a study commissioned by the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Forestry to INOVA (In... Mais >>

Informação: Secretary for Agriculture wants to strengthen "complicity" between Government and farmers' organisations
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry defended today on the island of Faial the need to strengthen the "complicity" between the Government of the Azores and producers' organisations. When one says that paradigms must be changed, I think we should strengthen this complicity between the Government and producers' organisations "because, together, we have done well so far and together w... Mais >>

Informação: Carlos César praises farmers, but urges them to work harder
The President of the Government conveyed this afternoon his satisfaction with the strength of the agricultural sector in the Region, whose dairy production is the best in the country, but reminded that the end of the EU milk quota system will force farmers to a greater effort in order to boost their competitiveness. "We are the best in the country in the milk production sector, but we must work t... Mais >>

Informação: Horticultural production area doubled in the Azores in four years
Between 2007 and 2011, the cultivated area for the practice of horticulture has doubled, which evidences the attention given by the Azorean Government to this sector and to regional farmers. The information was provided by the Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry at the end of the 1st Meeting of Horticulturists, held in Ponta Delgada, during which he urged horticulturists to take j... Mais >>

Informação: Support to regional production reduces weight of imports on the economy
The Government of the Azores "is completing the revision of Support Scheme for the Promotion of Azorean Products with the purpose of reinforcing its capacity in terms of transport and support to promotional campaigns," announced the Regional Secretary for the Economy, who estimated the completion of this process by the end of the first quarter of 2012. "Currently, the horticultural sector is one o... Mais >>

Informação: CAP revision should increase funding for Azorean agriculture
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry considers that the European Union should reinforce the allocation of funds for the sector at a time when the revision of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is taking place. Noé Rodrigues spoke at a seminar dedicated to this subject, considering that the CAP has been "perhaps the major European cohesion policy when targeted at the strengt... Mais >>

Informação: Government regrets attacks on domestic production by major distributors
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry condemned this Friday the situation taking place in certain national commercial establishment regarding the sales of milk, from foreign countries, at half of the price paid to producers. The government official considered this practice "as immoral and that should be condemned as it is detrimental to the interest of national milk production." Qu... Mais >>

Informação: Government continues to invest in water supply to farms
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry chaired in Angra do Heroísmo on Wednesday afternoon the signing ceremony of the contract to award the contract work for the construction of the integrated water supply system to farms in Fonte das Ovelhas/Outeiro in the village of Agualva, Terceira. This investment comprises the improvement of water collection in Fonte das Ovelhas spring, ... Mais >>

Informação: Carlos César believes that agriculture on Santa Maria is on the right track and will evolve further
Santa Maria now has an Agri-Food Logistics Centre to support and enhance agricultural production on the island, which simultaneously enables the provision of technical support to producers as well as the reception, preparation and marketing of their products. Presiding over the opening ceremony of the new infrastructure on Friday, Carlos César considered that the investment made by AGROMARIE... Mais >>

Informação: Government wants Region free from Genetically Modified Organisms
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry urged for the importance of “being very precise in the messages delivered to the population regarding the defence of regional productions.” Noé Rodrigues spoke at the end of a hearing with the Commission for Economic Affairs of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores on the Genetically Modified Organis... Mais >>