Informação: Vasco Cordeiro defends reinforcement of partnerships to promote success of the agricultural sector
The President of the Government highlighted today the investment of nearly 11 million Euros in agricultural infrastructures this year to boost the sector's competitiveness, defending that success can only be achieved by strengthening partnerships between all stakeholders. "We must be aware that the success of the animal husbandry sector in our Region is only possible if there is an ever greater st... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government invests 2 million Euros on São Miguel to reinforce water supply for agriculture in 2019
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry stated today that three types of structural interventions are planned to reinforce water supply and storage on the island of São Miguel. This year, the estimated investment reaches two million Euros. "The plan developed by IROA (Regional Institute of Agrarian Planning) is a good response to water supply needs on São Miguel Island, which... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government analyses several solutions to restructure dairy sector
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry stated in Ponta Delgada that several solutions are being assessed with a view to the restructuring of the dairy sector, which may involve an eventual containment of production on the islands of São Miguel and Terceira to improve producers' income. According to João Ponte, the measures to be defined for the containment of milk productio... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government wants to improve health status to boost beekeeping sector
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry stated that improving the health status of the Azores is fundamental to guarantee a healthy, profitable, innovative and competitive development of the beekeeping sector, announcing several concrete actions. "In the context of improving the Region's health status, we will create two contingency plans: one for Varroa mites and the other to prevent ... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government supports Local Action Groups to improve performance in their territories
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry announced in Horta that a legislative amendment will be introduced shorty with the aim of enabling Local Action Groups (LAGs) to increase the number of requests for payments to projects approved under PRORURAL+. "The amendment that will now be introduced enables these entities to make six payment requests, instead of the current four. This is rel... Mais >>

Informação: Agrarian planning tools still essential for the development of the sector in the Azores, says João Ponte
According to the Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry the existing agrarian planning tools in the Azores supported by Community funding, such as agrarian planning perimeters, incentives for land acquisition as well as the investments in roads, water supply and electrification of farms, remain essential for the modernisation and development of the agricultural sector. "All these agrarian... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government promotes farmers' knowledge on rodent control
The Regional Director for Agriculture stated today that the Regional Government wants to improve the level of knowledge of farmers on the best practices of integrated rodent control with the aim of modernising the negative impacts of this pest on farms and agricultural crops. "The results of the survey conducted on large dairy farms on São Miguel Island point to the need of proceeding with a... Mais >>

Informação: Vasco Cordeiro highlights potential of natural heritage in development of the Azores
The President of the Government highlighted the potential of the natural heritage of the Azores as an asset for the development of the Region in several areas, pointing out as example the recent boost in the wine sector of Pico Island. "I am one of those who believes we can seize the potential of our heritage at various levels, turning it into an asset for the development of our Region," said Vasc... Mais >>

Informação: Strategic Plan aims to promote sustainable growth of beekeeping in the Azores, says João Ponte
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry highlighted four key actions of the 40 listed in the proposed Strategic Plan for Beekeeping in the Azores to be implemented in the next decade with the aim of fostering the sustainable growth of an important sector for agricultural development with an excellent health status in the Region. João Ponte spoke Tuesday at the public presentation... Mais >>

Informação: Investments in water supply guarantee better conditions and more income for agriculture, says Vasco Cordeiro
The President of the Government opened today the works to reinforce water supply to Paul Lake on Pico Island, an investment of nearly 200 thousand Euros that falls within the regional strategy to provide Azorean farmers with better conditions for the development of their activity. "This is another example of what we are doing, not only on the island of Pico but also throughout the Region in order ... Mais >>