The Algarve Regional Directorate of Agriculture and Fisheries (DRAP) announced this Friday the suppression of the demarcated area for “Xylella fastidiosa” in Luz de Tavira and Santo Estêvão, in the municipality of Tavira, since “the bacteria is eradicated” .
In a note, DRAP states that «the measures adopted in the Algarve region for the eradication and intensive prospecting, carried out in the demarcated area for Xylella fastidiosa, carried out by the official services, showed that the bacterium has been eradicated, so the suppression was carried out. of the demarcated area of Luz de Tavira and Santo Estevão (municipality of Tavira), through Order N.º 60/G/2022».
The situation will also be notified in Europhyt, in the European Commission and other member states, noting this deletion.
According to this regional directorate, the measure resulted from the work carried out by the phytosanitary inspection area of DRAP Algarve, in close collaboration with DGAV and the Economic Operators – Viveiros / gardens involved.
«Such suppression unlocks the restriction measures that had been applied following the detection of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, in an ornamental plant "rosemary", in July 2021, which implied strong restrictions on the production / marketing of certain species of ornamental plants and of fruit trees and severe constraints in a sector of agricultural production in the Algarve that is so important from an economic point of view, including its strong export component, and social in view of the employment generated», they conclude.
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